(1993): "Estimating the quality of life in Victorian Britain, 1815- 1914. An empirical consideration". Historical Methods, 26:3.Jordan, Thomas E.Estimating the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain, 1815-1914, in Historical Methods, Vol. 26, 1993. :...
Until about 1914, Britain occupied a well-recognized place in the front rank of folk studies; but since that time it has been falling further and further behind, and appears to a great extent to have lost touch with the developments that have taken place in European countries....
torn between gratitude toRussiafor its help inquellinga rebellion in Hungary in 1849 and the advantage the monarchy might derive from siding with Great Britain and France. The mobilization of a part of the Austrian Army in Galicia on the borders of Russia in retrospect turned out to have been...
The exhibit doesn’t have a clear theme, point or focus: is it about how and why the Women’s Rights movement started here in Seneca Falls (the influence of the Oneida Indians, which allowed women to become chiefs, have property and retain custody of their children, on Melinda Gage, for...
“As we age our memory declines.This an ingrained assumption for many of us,”writes Neuroscientist and clinical professor Richard Restak in his book,The Complete Guide to Memory: The Strengthening of the Mind.Regardless of what is generally believed, he explains why though memory gets worse wit...
1914 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian and U.S. actress, autobiographer, and inventor; at age 18, already a movie and stage star in Austria, she met and married a wealthy arms dealer who she eventually learned had ties to Hitler. He kept her a virtual prisoner in his castle until she managed ...
狄兰·托马斯(1914-1953)，生于1914年10月27日，南威尔士的天鹅海。1931年，16岁的托马斯就辍学做了《天鹅海晚报》的记者，同时在当地一家半专业戏院演出了一年多，为今后的写作生涯做准备。1934年，托马斯出版了个人首本诗集，并移居伦敦，三年后，他同凯特琳·麦可耐马拉结婚，并有了三个孩子。期间他...
Daily life in the late 1800s Cities grow and change The industrial city Before the industrial revolution most cities existed to serve as trade, political, military or religious functions. In the industrial age factories required raw materials coming in, goods going out and being sold in the mark...
Mary Spring Rice and Erskine Childers were successfully landed by yachts in Howth and Kilcoole just before World War I broke out in 1914. Smaller amounts of more modern rifles and pistols were subsequently obtained in Britain through raids and purchases from soldiers and smuggled to Ireland — of...
Subtitled ‘Britain’s Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660, each chapter takes one year and examines in detail the events, characters, competing ideas of that twelve months. It begins with the execution of King Charles I, so no spoiler there. This event, in itself, was quite extraordinary: the san...