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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of life in Europe had accelerated to an unprecedented degree. Fueled by the Industrial Revolution, the speed and scope of travel increased ...
The Conversation21d
Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail
With amateur dramatics becoming increasingly popular in the 19th century, in my ongoing research ... by widening the scope, other clues come to the fore. In a production of Jupiter in 1894 ...
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Reading Ptolemy’s Treatise On The Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries Of Recovery Attempts
Although recovery attempts of the remaining faint outlines of the old text has been attempted since at least the 19th century, these often involved aggressive chemical means. Now researchers have ...
The New York Times28d
Histories of Native America and the Port of Los Angeles Win Bancroft Prize
The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance ... of the port of Los Angeles in the 19th century have won this year’s Bancroft Prize ...
Nature3mon
The nineteenth century roots of 'everything is everywhere'
How did 'everything is everywhere' arise out of nineteenth century microbiology, and from Beijerinck's experimental and theoretical work in particular? What is the relationship of this principle ...
National Geographic news23d
The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...