19th century

Anzia Yezierska’s fictional novel Bread Givers and Thomas Bell’s Out of this Furnace write a very detailed account on the life of immigrants in the 19th century. There are many pitiful situations, wonderful insights of the living conditions, the traditions of immigrants, and the struggles they face to live. In Bread Givers, the story based upon a typical Jewish family who live in Lower East Side of the New York City. This family has very traditional beliefs, especially the head of the household,…

written. The 19th century time frame plays an important part of all these short stories which overlap into a similar setting yet are differentiated when it comes to the urge of independence of the narrators. The Independence they seek is a way to live their life unrestrained from boundaries. A particular theme found in all the following short stories revolves around mental illness. Mental illness was an ample and improperly managed disease that was notorious in the late 19th century. In…

women in the 19th century played a humble role in society. They were expected to fill different “spheres” than most men and were categorized into different social classes. The ideology of separate spheres indicates that man inhabited the “public sphere”, in a world of politics, economy and law. On the other hand, women were categorized into the “proper sphere”. According to this ideology, this separate sphere restricted them to a private domain of domestic life, by taking care of the house and…

survival of the fittest and applied them to everyday social aspects. In Le Bon’s case, he applied Social Darwinism to the differences between men and women, and how men were “incredibly” superior. This “science” was at its height during the late 19th century in Europe, which was both where and when the book was written. Only four years later, Joseph Conrad came out with his novella, Heart of Darkness, in 1899, during the peak of the reign of Social…

I. Introduction Since the early colonial period of Canada in the 16th century, the role of the church was essential for New France in regards to maintaining birth and death records of the French population (Satzewich, 2015). In Ontario, the Anglican Diocese of Niagara has maintained burial registers from the 19th century, each of which contain information on deaths of residents in the Hamilton, Ontario region. Church ministers held responsibility for transcribing the name, age, cause of death…

nineteenth century was a period of great transformation, opportunity, and advancement. It was the time of rapid development and introduction to many new products. Much of the development was the result of advances in science and technology. The late nineteenth century gave birth to technological innovation and the making of new modern America. These inventions positively impacted current many of the modern-day technologies we use. Speaking of technological inventions of nineteenth century, Eli…

Before radio, internet, television or social media, world wars posters had a significant impact on graphic design. One of the primal forms of advertisement was the posters which began to develop as a medium for visual communication in the early 19th century. They influenced the development of typography for the purpose of reading from a distance and required larger type to be produced. The poster quickly spread around the world and became a principle of the graphic design trade. Besides,…

In 1888, Edward Bellamy published a novel called Looking Backward. This novel was about a 19th century man who accidentally traveled to the future where a utopian society had been created in which all social, economic, and political issues have been resolved. Bellamy uses his main characters to juxtapose the 19th century society to that of the created utopian society in his book. Through this, he identifies the problems he sees in his society and provides solutions to them. At one point in…

Planning is a process, and humans have been planning for as long as they have been living in communities. This process has been refined and altered over multiple centuries and even today the planning process is evolving. However planning has mostly only occurred when big technological advancements and opportunities came about, the biggest advancements or rather the rapid changes and the time period when planners were most needed occurred when people changed their thinking. Known as the paradigm…

In Arcadia, not only does Tom Stoppard portray Thomasina’s coming of age, but also the forces that drive her to her death. In this play, Stoppard alternates between two sets of characters. Thomasina is from the 19th century, while the characters in the 20th century attempt to piece together how Thomasina’s intelligence doesn’t drive her to the success that she could potentially achieve. Thomasina is a thirteen year old mathematical genius who discovers methods before they are even commonly known…