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The nineteenth century spanned from 1801 until 1900 in which the agricultural and industrial revolution took place. The industrial revolution that began in the early 1800s could not have occurred without the agricultural revolution occurring first. During the Agricultural revolution several inventions were created that reduced workers tedious methods of labor but produced more work for them during their long workdays. Producing textiles, canals, railways, the cotton gin, and the seeding drill,…

Hartwell Carver’s mind until Asa Whitney and Theodore Judah continuously worked towards creating the Railroad. As a result of Congress giving grants to railway companies, Carver, Whitney, and Judah were able to make plans for the Transcontinental Railroad. There were hundreds of train tracks connecting and intersecting the Northern and Southern United States…

elastic structure of the surface area that is involved in respiration. Emphysema is associated with "abnormal levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood," which would naturally cause shortness of breath, also known as dyspnea (Rolfes, Pinna & Whitney, 2012, p.692). The underlying pathophysiology of emphysema in a nutshell is the breakdown of a coiled protein , called elastin, in the tissues of the lungs. Without the…

the story, on the movie the names of the main characters were changed from General Zaroff to Count Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford to Robert "Bob" Rainsford. Furthermore, some characters were excluded from the movie version, for example in the story Whitney introduces the island, while in the movie he does not appear at all. It can be seen that the characters and plot were very different from each other in both the short story and the movie, but these differences are what led to very different and…

Loneliness, a feeling that no one wants to ever experience, but is inevitable. Many try to avoid it, but Whitney Houston says it best: “Loneliness comes with life”. This reality of loneliness is precisely depicted in David Mason’s poem “Song of Powers.” Within this poem, Mason uses imagery, repetition, and alliteration to convey his message: that when everyone constantly fights, then they will all end up alone. Mason masterfully uses imagery in his poem to send his brilliant message to the…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a well known hunter and author from New York City, who is traveling to Rio to go hunting with his friend and hunting partner Whitney, he falls overboard from the cruise ship. He swims to Ship-Trap Island and meets the owner, General Zaroff, an admiring fan of Rainsford’s career and also a skilled hunter. He enjoys playing a game where he hunts and kills people because he is bored of hunting animals. Rainsford…

and during World War II is worth exploring. Yet, not much work has been done to investigate this interaction between German and California Eugenicists. However, did America influence Germany’s eugenics movement? American eugenicists like Leon F. Whitney who was the secretary of the American Eugenics Society admired German’s sterilization laws. Stefan Kuhl emphasizes the differences between the American and German eugenics movement. Are these differences prevalent in the interactions between the…

of the forefront photographers working with constructed photography, James Casebere has influenced much of the contemporary/modern photography for almost 40 years. Casebere grew up in Detroit and attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the Whitney Independent Study Program, and received his MFA from Cal Arts. His technique requires him to device simple and complex models and sculptures to photograph and they include aspects of everyday life and take inspiration from history. His work is…

Throughout the last one hundred years, the cotton farmers face numerous difficulties and challenges within the United States. The cotton farmers finally overcome these difficulties with the help of the people within the United States, Therefore, there were many institutions that helped farmers gain success over the hundred years, for example, the government, Monsanto, and other technology scientists and researchers. To begin with, the government was the first institution that helped the farmers…

Her early work included abstract painting, being influenced by artists Mark Rothko and Morris Louis (Arthistoryarchive.com). Holzer began to form her style, language and text based art, once she moved to Manhattan. Holzer participated in the Whitney Museum’s independent study…