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Lady Killers – The lives and crimes of eight 19th-century women
However, in early 19th-century England, the increased emphasis on domesticity ... Some relief was provided through new life insurance schemes if a spouse had been prudent, and the lives of ...
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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Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England
"Vivienne Richmond demonstrates the power of clothing in the lives of the working and indigent poor of 19th century England: children, women and men. This is an innovative exploration of clothing ...
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Spatial modelling of rural infant mortality and occupation in 19th century Britain
BACKGROUNDInfant mortality in 19th century rural ... (ed.). The agrarian history of England and Wales, vol. vii, 1850−1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 810−862. Dobson, M. (1997). Contours ...
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Crime and punishment in 18th- and 19th-century Britain - Edexcel
Crime and punishment in Britain overview - Edexcel Crime and punishment in medieval England, c.1000-c.1500 - Edexcel Crime and punishment in early modern England, c.1500-c.1700 - Edexcel Crime and ...
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Unhappy in marriage? Let the 19th century’s greatest novel be your guide
The novel is subtitled “A Study of Provincial Life”. Most of the action takes place in an isolated part of England ... Fred – that staple of the 19th-century novel, the young man pursued ...
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How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians
"She looked at the seed as if she has never seen one before, and suddenly she knew that it was not the planet above that governed her life ... By the end of the 19th Century poppy farming had ...