During Victorian age, what were the typical jobs the children did? What was the crime rate in Victorian England? What were the Poor Laws in Victorian times? What era came after New Imperialism? What was the Wild West era? What have been the major eras of American history?
What came after the Edwardian Era? During Victorian age, what were the typical jobs the children did? What is Edwardian jewelry? What did child miners wear in the Industrial Revolution? What is an Edwardian house? What does Edwardian mean? What was the Edwardian Period? What were Victorian lu...
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of WW2-era canvas and wood, large enough to house an army patrol. It claimed nearly all the trunk space in our blue ’69 Impala, smelled sweetly of ancient mildew, and took Daddy the better part of an hour to erect–with marginal help from little brother Thomas and me. We were ...
Thesettlers and missionarieswho came to Hawaii irrevocably altered the traditionallyopen-minded waysof the Hawaiian people. They introduced concepts such as sex work, adultery, illegitimate children, and sin, which had lasting effects on the culture. ...
After all, settlers had to populate their new home somehow. Intimacy during the colonial period was somewhat restricted - and hygiene was a whole other matter to take into consideration - but this time wasn't without its passion. While people weren't quite as liberated as today, prem...
even allowing slaves some semblance of protection from owner abuse. To be a slave under Rome, for example, was a little less onerous than almost anywhere else in that era – unless you were a condemned criminal and slavery was your allotted penalty in the salt mines, the naval galleys, or...
Vilnius is the Lithuania's capital and its largest city (population 550 000). Officially established in the 14th century (but likely dating to an earlier era), this city is well-known for its massive UNESCO-inscribedMedieval old town. After all, Vilnius has been a capital since at least...
I came away wanting to listen to more Bob Dylan songs and fortunately found a fair few on my hard drive. I’m warming to this one most at the moment so here is the man himself from 1965 singingIt’s All Over Now, Baby Blue. Bob has never divulged who Baby Blue was so we’re st...
The matter of a certain literary style and practice came up a couple of months ago – and I was reminded again of the discussion in a weird way, when my daughter and I watched theNight at the Museummovie series. This was in the interests of not freaking out Wee Jamie terribly, who is...