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    security began. The earliest recorded examples of private security were in the thirteenth century where they wealthy individuals would hire private security personnel to protect their land and families. This type of security spread all over the world and when the industrial revolution began to have international relevance‚ so did the crimes and crime prevention methods as well. Early in the nineteenth century in England‚ a bill was passed which enforced law enforcement to enhance their private security

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    theology‚ Fundamentalism grew from individuals within disparate denominations finding common cause to an organized movement with the power to challenge modernity at the level of the courtroom and the popular press. This essay will consider just how we can account for Fundamentalism’s emergence in the US by first considering its historical roots within the Great Awakening‚ and up to the 1920’s with the Scopes “Monkey” trial. Secondly it will consider the theological innovations that underpinned Fundamentalism

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    Since the latter part of the nineteenth century‚ contemporary UK society has been steadily changing. Where once we tended to define ourselves by our employment and the status in society that position may have given us‚ we now define ourselves much more by the goods we buy and choose to surround ourselves with (Hinchcliffe 2009).What we wear‚ the house we live in‚ the food we choose to buy and the experiences we create for ourselves all are thought to say more about us personally and as a society

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    The industrial order of the nineteenth century was a period of growth and advancement in America. With industrialism came an influx of jobs for American and immigrant workers. Technological advances made more jobs available to unskilled workers and led to a rise in national productivity. However‚ the industrial movement also created more challenges within the workplace. Although nineteenth century workers saw slight improvements in wages and working hours‚ workplace conditions remained hazardous

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    the nineteenth century Americans had visions of how life was going to be good‚ by having a small farm with workers that was self-directed which would make them small producers. During this time there were specific strains that were emerging the movement of the working class. This would help transform the artisan republican ideology in to the “wage slavery.” In between the years 1870 to 1920 “focuses on the reform unionist‚ populist‚ socialist‚ and syndicalist movements in the US labor history that

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    The development of the germ theory in the nineteenth century revolutionized the understanding of how diseases were identified‚ what caused diseases‚ and set the tone for treatment options. Prior to the theory‚ methods of identifying and diagnosing a disease were inconsistent and often times too late‚ thus treatment options were often futile. Prevention was not a viable option due to the lack of understanding how and why certain individuals fell ill‚ impeding the development of effective treatment

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    Nineteenth century English literature is remarkable both for high artistic achievement and for variety. The greatest literary movement of its earlier period was that of romanticism. It was born in the atmosphere of the violent economic and political turmoil that marked the last decades of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th century. The outburst of political activity brought on by the Great French Revolution of 1789‚ the bitter wars with Napoleon’s France that ravaged Europe for almost 25

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    Final Review Sheet ( 2pgs) Be prepared to write yet another thoughtful essay! Your exam topics will come from a combination of the ideas listed below. Make sure to go back and study the essay assignments that you have already written and pay careful attention to the marks and suggestions that I have written on those essays. 5 parts: Moore‚ Shlain‚ lecture‚ roadtrips and notable californians Moore: 1. Why did people choose to live in Richmond before the war? What affect did encouraging

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    The effects of Nineteenth Century transcendentalism continues to live with us today. Transcendentalism was a reaction to the grim conformity of the era’s rapidly modernizing society. To be transcendentalists was to believe that one could only achieve personal fulfillment and greatness through individuality and refusal to join the herd. Henry David Thoreau was in the vanguard of the transcendentalist movement and advocated a radically contrarian approach to work. At the dawn of the Industrial Age

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    Physical activity In the early part of the nineteenth century‚ it was believed that physical activity was dangerous and inappropriate for girls. Girls were taught to reserve their delicate health for the express purpose of birthing healthy children. Furthermore‚ the physiological difference between the sexes helped to reinforce the societal inequality. An anonymous female writer was able to contend that women were not intended to fill male roles‚ because "women are‚ as a rule‚ physically smaller

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