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    19th Century Hygiene

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    Nineteenth Century Hygiene and the Wash Basin Stand The households of the nineteenth century were the domestic domain of the woman‚ and how she would adorned her home‚ along with what necessities she sought to include within it‚ were a focus of her initial household planning. Along with items chosen for décor‚ to make the home life pleasurable‚ she would also chose items of necessity; those that were for domestic needs like stoves‚ tables‚ chairs‚ beds and one intended for hygiene‚ the wash basin

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    The nineteenth century has led to the creation of innovations that have had a significant impact on the current wellbeing of civilization such as antibiotics‚ the printing press‚ and the telegraph. Although these all pertain to the advancements of technology‚ steam engines have not only been considered an advancement to technology‚ but have changed the view of transportation entirely. Transportation rapidly became the focal point in all areas embodying civilization‚ including but not limited to‚

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    Lastly‚ because of the theories and invention that were developed‚ it created many discoveries in diseases that were going around in the later nineteenth century. The first vaccine for anthrax was discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1881. Anthrax is a disease caused by bacteria the primarily affect livestock and can occasionally spread to humans‚ which can affect the skin‚ intestines‚ and lungs. Workers would get the disease from bacterial spores on hides‚ wool‚ and fabric fibers. Anthrax was mostly

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    early nineteenth-century remained unclear. It is considered an essential right of a citizen

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    ‘The Nineteenth Century English Novel offers us strong‚ independent heroines‚ but ultimately has them conform to socially acceptable feminine roles’. Do you agree with this statement? By definition‚ a heroine is a woman who would typically encompass the qualities of nobility‚ courage‚ independence and strength. Nineteenth century English women would have struggled to accomplish any of these particular acts of heroism within their social environment as ultimately‚ their roles within civilisation

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    THE WORLD AND THE PHILIPPINES IN RIZAL’S TIME 19th Century - Rizal was born and raised in a period of massive changes in Europe‚ Spain and the Philippines.  - During this era‚ the glory and power of Spain had waned in both in her colonies and the world.  - Social scientists marked this period as the birth of modern life as well as the birth of many nation states around the world. The birth of modernity was precipitated by three great revolutions around the world:   the Industrial Revolution in

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    The nineteenth century is often regarded as being synonymous with sexual repression‚ this notion is not true‚ and during this era in American history many diverse views about sex and sexuality were developed. This paper will focus on the diverse ideas about sexuality and gender that were developed and what existing or developing ideologies led to these perspectives. The first idea that was developed about sexuality was Vernacular sexual culture; it acknowledges sex and desire as vital aspects of

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    ethnic rivalries and religious strife along with disputes over territory‚ resources and morals. However‚ with the considerable advancements in technology presented over the last century‚ the effects and devastation are more vast and noteworthy. Prior instances being the innovation of the Maxim Machine gun in the nineteenth century that took the lives of millions of people in World War I‚ the bringer of the war of

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    set of attitudes and behaviors that discriminate against people of different sexes and it has began from the old times. Since the past centuries‚ men always had more rights than women. While men were seen as the pillar of society‚ women were seen as fragile human beings. The right to vote‚ for example‚ has only been achieved by women in the mid-nineteenth century. Despite all the progress we had‚ our society still faces numerous instances of sexism‚ which often begins in childhood. We all grow up

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    Children in the nineteenth century were usually faced with poverty and lived in the urban slums. Progressive reformers‚ who were generally people from small towns who later lived in cities‚ focused primarily on these children and their problems. The goals of the reformers were to change the meaning of childhood and help people understand how children should really be treated. A child growing up in the nineteenth century was expected to live an adult life by an early age. “In the colonial period

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