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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...
Beyond evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace's critique of the 19th century world
Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist renowned for co-developing the theory of evolution alongside Charles ...
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How soldiers in Europe's only private army carry 19th century rifles
You feel part of history ... Highlanders have the privilege of being Europe's only private army after they were presented with colours by Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II renewed the honour more ...
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19th Century White Missionaries
At the beginning of the 19th century, very few people in Africa were ... freed slaves became a powerful motive for setting up European Christian missions. Human compassion in Europe for the ...
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Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish Society
This deceptively simple thesis dramatically challenges and revamps both scholarly and popular notions of Jewish life and learning in 19th-century Eastern Europe. While scholars of European women’s ...
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A 19th-Century Encyclopedia Gets a Modern Makeover
Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History belonged to Baird himself ... Rougeux has transformed the static pages of a 19th-century book into an interactive resource. Users can browse across ...