But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...
The first half of the 19th century was a time of great change. Industrialization brought new opportunities for employment, changing ideas of work, and economic cycles of boom and bust. During this ...
For the first half of the 19th century, the most popular view about how disease was spread was still the miasma theory. This was the belief that disease was caused by breathing in the bad air ...
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Steven is the navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy. The next U.S. president will be faced with a stark choice – whether or […] ...
Each unearthed clue leads to renewed fascination with a disaster that captured the 19th-century imagination. “Every new discovery sort of closes a chapter and then opens a new page,” said ...