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    to real life and to accurate representation without idealization of the most typical views, details, and surroundings of the subject (Merriam-Webster). Realism was an artistic and cultural movement that first occurred in Europe during the mid-nineteenth century. It

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    Tuberculosis and Typhus Fever: Diseases of Class in 19th-Century England Missing Works Cited Although more prevalent amongst the working class, tuberculosis and typhus fever were contracted by all populations in Victorian England. People of the upper and middle classes could afford treatment while the poor were often subjected to unsanitary, disease-ridden living conditions. Charity schools were common places of infection due to inedible food and a vulnerability to contagion, i.e., the necessity

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    The history of political cartooning is used for social and political messages which goes back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in America with Benjamin Franklin’s “Join or Die”, which depicts a snake whose severed parts represent the colonies and unless put together are sure to perish. Since Benjamin Franklin started political cartooning back in the eighteenth century, people have started using their artistic skills to attack, argue and add their opinions on the most important political

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    Schumann and Franz Schubert. “Die Lorelei” is one of his most popular poems and was set to music by other composers, but Clara’s musical setting has been lovingly referred to as the ‘Female equivalent to “Der Erlkönig.” Hugo Wolf was another nineteenth-century composer who specialized in lieder. He wrote hundreds of lieder and composed other works, including two operas. His style is linked to the Second Viennese School of Arnold Schoenberg, Alan Berg, and Anton Webern. Wolf’s lieder continually have

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    Social factors that have impacted current and historical things outside the experience of discrimination. How has the prejudice been created and disseminated? The prejudice experienced by Catholic Americans can be traced as far back as the sixteenth century. Roman Catholicism was the dominating religion throughout most of Europe and the Catholic Church held great wealth, social, and political standing. The loyalty of the people to Rome and the Papacy at that time seemed to be unyielding until an Augustinian

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    against the qualities that specific men held like Governor William Bradford. In any case, numerous pilgrims still clutched the brandishing ways that they had become usual to in England. A hefty portion of the pilgrims lived far from each other; this made it hard to get together and participate in different sporting events. In England, they lived close to one another which made it less demanding to get for the general population to meet up and partake in different occasions. In provincial America, games

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    The aims of this paper are to evaluate the effects the Industrial Revolution had on the wider world. This essay will be assessing the impact of technology and innovation on employment of the era, and how the factory system gave rise to socialism. In addition, it will be evaluating how the Industrial Revolution was the precursor to the phenomenon of consumerism and the resulting globalization. The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850 where agriculture, manufacturing, transportation

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    The beginning of the nineteenth century witnessed an expansion of education throughout Europe in general and Ireland in particular. The initiative in Ireland was led by the Roman Catholic Church. The Congregation of the Irish Christian Brothers is a well-known religious movement within the Catholic Church, which was founded in 1802 by Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers are commonly known for their worldwide evangelisation and the education of the youth within communities. Pope Paul VI insists that

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    Britain, Ireland was thwarted from industrializing and expanding. While, overseas, the United States was thriving from the technological advancements and entrepreneurial success, appealing to many emigrants. The Irish immigration in the late nineteenth century was a result of primarily devastating social factors such as the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Most of their expectations were not met in the United States because they were poorly treated at their low paying, dangerous jobs and were often

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    The name, American Society, represents a society that many believed was shaped by America itself. However, Puritanism shaped America’s ethical and political views, and the Great Awaken shaped the people’s belief on religious freedom in the nation. Therefore, these events did not only shape the time prior to the Civil War, but shaped America for times to come. Puritans did a variety of things for America, other than make people of this age think they’re some Pharisees or some weird freaks over religion

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