including contado was complicated. Historians still have been debating the estimated plague mortality‚ but they estimated Sienese population dropped around one half or more. Siena took a long process that they couldn’t recover population until the 19th century. One question came up with the Sienese population that why did Siena was really stuck in the high plague mortality. One of answers might be Sienese population couldn’t keep up with the plague catastrophe in the short term. Many historians agreed
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In the first half of the 19th century‚ even though a few women such as Susan B. Anthony started social reform activities‚ majority of women were restricted by a strict female virtue consensus. Most of them were recognized as domestic workers with their legal rights largely incorporated into the men’s in their families. Before the 1860s‚ many middle-class white women received education‚ but mostly were only enough for child nurturing. Rarely would a woman attain equal education as men; however‚ she
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The ‘superfluous man’ is a literary concept that developed in 19th century Russia‚ which gained popularity by Ivan Turgenev’s novella The Diary of a Superfluous Man. It is used to describe an individual‚ who is intelligent‚ learned‚ and well informed by idealism and goodwill‚ but incapable of engaging in effective action for societal welfare. These characters are in constant conflict and disharmony with the world around them. The ‘superfluous man’ paradigm is best depicted in the following three
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“During the second half of the 19TH century‚ the United States Government took all appropriate actions to maintain peace with Native American tribes. Furthermore the United States was justified in its aggressive measures used to seize land from unruly Native American tribes during the era.” There little validity in this statement. During this time period American troops were interloping on Native American territory‚ starting violence‚ and forcing them out of their homes. The hostility of American
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The 18th and 19th centuries‚ though facing difficulties from white oppressors‚ African American women were taking action by contributing their help and skills in the United States. Women dealt with the separation from their families‚ working in the fields with their infant children and sexual exploitation from their masters. As the cruel years past for the African American‚ women would find ways through creativity‚ abolition and community building to shape the way for America in years to come. Black
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During the 19th century‚ America was going through a major transition. People living in the West were learning to adapt to new environments; the south was fighting against outdated values. In the west people struggled with farming‚ building‚ and making laws. In the south‚ people were being killed‚ politicians rigged elections‚ and a president was aggressively pushing towards civil rights. The incredible thing is that both of these events occur in the same country around the same time. In the West
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There is a history behind managed health care that started back in the late 19th century. The managed care plans were first organized during the 1920s but their origin is credited to non-profit organizations during the 1940s. The growth of the managed care was fairly slow when it first started until the health care costs begun to soar in the 1970s and 80s when employers begin to see managed care as an alternative to high-priced health care options. The increase in competition within the health care
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The Industrial revolution is a term that is used to describe the transformations that the economical and social sectors of Britain during the 19th Century. It is hard to say exactly when the Industrial revolution started or when it finished. Many factors influenced the changes that happened‚ which makes studying the Industrial Revolution a little more complex than some other areas of History. There were several economic developments that gave rise to the industrial revolution. The changes didn’t
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up” all race differences and cultures to become on American culture. The ideas of multiculturalism started at the end of the nineteenth century and turned into the concept of cultural pluralism that defined the nation as a mixture of diverse ethnicities with different cultural backgrounds‚ all co-existing and contributing to the new nation. Over the past centuries‚ there have been debates on how to define the “real” American and the “real” American identity. A lot of these struggles also led to Civil
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OPTION 1 Life in New York Tenement Houses 1. What are the three distinct classes of homes in the tenement houses? In what ways does each reflect the needs and resources of the renters? There are three distinct classes of houses in the tenement-houses; the cheapest is the attic home. Three rooms is next and is usually for very poor people. The vast majority of respectable working people live in four rooms. Each of these classes reflects the needs and resources of the renters in that the attic
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