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May 18, 2024 · The broad seam of sexual embarrassment in 20th-century British comedy, for example, suggests that embarrassment was an important influence restraining many people from putting ideas into words. Perhaps Szreter and Fisher’s positive language about couples and privacy gives insufficient emphasis to this.
4 days ago · While The Origins of Racism in the West begins in antiquity and ends in the early modern period, Racisms starts with the crusades and fades away in the late 20th century by taking us on a whistle stop tour of some of the best known and most violent examples of racial prejudice (including US lynching and Nazi genocide) of the 100 years or so ...
2 days ago · Roots of Hinduism. Periodisation. Pre-Vedic religions (until c. 1750 BCE) Vedic period (c. 1750–500 BCE) Second Urbanisation and decline of Brahmanism (c. 600–200 BCE) Hindu synthesis and Classical Hinduism (c. 200 BCE – 1200 CE) Medieval and early modern periods (c. 1200–1850 CE) Modern Hinduism (after c. 1850 CE) Contemporary Hinduism.
2 days ago · Despite such differences over the historian’s role, Peter Webster has been very generous in his review. Research on twentieth-century religion is very much work in progress, and with every passing year our contemporary world throws up a new angle. Notes. C. G. Brown, Postmodernism for Historians (Harlow, 2005). Back to (1)
2 days ago · A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
4 days ago · Fob watches were starting to be replaced at the turn of the 20th century. The Swiss, who were neutral throughout World War I, produced wristwatches for both sides of the conflict. The introduction of the tank influenced the design of the Cartier Tank watch, and the design of watches during the 1920s was influenced by the Art Deco style.
6 days ago · The rapid expansion of education past age 14 set the U.S. apart from Europe for much of the 20th century. [82] From 1910 to 1940, high schools grew in number and size, reaching out to a broader clientele. In 1910, for example, 9% of Americans had a high school diploma; in 1935, the rate was 40%. [190]
