18th century

18th Century colonial society became much more complex and hierarchal, more ethnically and religiously diverse, and more politically and economically developed compared to 17th century society. This is due to population growth in the colonies, european immigrants coming into the New World, and the importance of trade and agriculture. First, colonial society became more complex, and hierarchical because of the huge population increase within the 18th century. In the 18th century the population…

eighteenth century were key in shaping midwifery in many areas, and meant that this aspect of medical history was never the same again. Therefore for the reasons i am about to detail, the use of the word is appropriate and justified. Midwifery and childbirth were very different landscapes at the start of the early modern period. Childbirth was as a social thing, and until around the eighteenth century, women shared the event as a cultural heritage. "In England around 1700, as for centuries…

bares control over the kingdom as well as its population. Absolutism was not an uncommon thing in the eighteenth century, but became prevalent by the French king Louis XIV between 1643 and 1715 (Absolutism, 1998). Rulers and kings have always tried to centralize their powers at the expense of the nobles and the catholic church. In the sixteenth century and early seventeenth century religious…

In colonial America in the seventeenth through the eighteenth century, specifically in the period rooms in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the changing standard of decoration and function of homes reflects the rise of the consumer revolution. Though especially influential in the acquisition of luxury goods, the colonial infatuation with refinement and gentility coincides with the consumer revolution. In fact, a person’s gentility would often be defined by their possession of material goods.…

centers first. Then, the economic and social expansions eventually leaked to the countryside of England. This took quite some time though, so much time that many villages did not feel the same economic and social progressions until the mid-eighteenth century. “The most we can say with any degree of certainty is that communal provision for the poor became more systematic and effective after 1660, and that may very well have eliminated some of the social tension between the dependent members of…

European countries through the Eighteenth century had become very dependent on their colonies in the Americas. Most of the colonies had the same situations, watched by the crown from across the sea, they were assets to a much more powerful master. Every colony in Latin America would eventually tire of being exploited, and would begin to revolt slowly relating to each other rather than their ancestry. One of the outliers in this process was Brazil, who experienced a much different road to…

The 18th century Enlightenment can be defined as the beginning of modern sciences where reason started to trump faith, the previously solid theories and sciences of the past were proven wrong and replaced with new information. This lead to the western part of Europe thinking more towards the future as opposed to the traditional way of thinking: looking into the past for answers in the present. People began to look to the present for answers in the future. Although these mindsets and ideas were…

The activities of the 18th century body-snatchers are among the most lurid and entertaining episodes in the history of medicine and have been cataloged exhuastively by scholars and popularizers of all kinds. Today, however, when the ethics of research on humans has become a critical problem in medical philosophy and when relations between the public and the profession appear to be deteriorating, it is instructive to take another look at this period of medical history, when many current ethical…

The 18th century is a period of transitions in Indian history, whether these transitions were evolutionary or revolutionary in character, with continuities or breaks, has been called into question. As Marshall notes, it is undeniable that Mughal territorial power had shrunk by 1750 and had been replaced by a wide variety of autonomous political entities. Towards the end of the 18th century, the political configuration underwent another change with with the increased political dominance of the…

really do not fully understand racism. Does one ever wonder what racism really mean? Racism is around everywhere. As Doreen E. Loury quote “racism permeates every facet of our societal pores.” “Race” was created by Americans in the 17th and 18th century to explain how they are “good Christians.” Joe Feagin quote “one key feature of systemic racism is how it has socially reproduced by individuals, groups, and institutions for generations.” Americans are judging other Americans. As Howard J.…