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Papers On U.S. History (19th Century)
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Bellamy's "Looking Backward" – The Problem With Nineteenth-Century Industrialism
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5 pages in length. Edward Bellamy finds many things problematic about the rise of late nineteenth-century industrialism in Looking Backward: 2000-1887. The extent to which this rise of social progress served to economically stunt the masses while creating fortunes for a handful of savvy – if not unscrupulous – businessmen is both grand and far-reaching; that Bellamy's account points out this and many other social, political and economic inequities speaks to a time of American evolution that was not holistically beneficial as many believe. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCBellamy.rtf
Benita Eisler’s “The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England
Mill Women, 1840-1845”
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This 9 page report discusses the lives
of the young women who went to work at the Lowell, Massachusetts,
fabric mills in the mid 19th century. Approximately seventy women
worked to produce what they titled “The Lowell Offering: A
Repository of Original Articles on Various Subjects Written by
Factory Operatives.” Its first issue also carried the banner
“This Number Wholly Written by Females Employed in the Mills.”
Stories, poetry, letters, and sketches are part of the volume
that provides a remarkable insight to the lives of the women who
were dismissively referred to as “factory girls.” Bibliography
lists one source.
Filename: BWeisler.wps
Black Soldiers in the Confederate Army
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A 6 page paper which examines how the late entry of Black soldiers into the Confederate military hampered the South’s ability to successfully fight the Northern Army. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGblacksol.rtf
Book Review of "Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan":
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This 5 page paper discusses this book as well as supporting the analysis with quotes. Furthermore, this paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of this book. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: GSSamAda.rtf
Book Review of David McCullough’s “The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge”
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A 10 page paper which considers the book’s thesis, a review of the contents, what the author accomplished, its strengths and weaknesses, and to whom this book would appeal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGbridge.rtf
Book Review of Henry Kyd Douglas’ “I Rode with Stonewall”
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A 7 page paper which examines the scope of the work, analyzes the author’s treatment of his subject (accuracy, logic, balance), and offers a personal opinion about the book’s relevance and whether or not it can be regarded as recommended reading. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGstonewal.rtf
Boykin/Ghost Ship of the Confederacy
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A 5 page book review of Edward Boykin's Ghost Ship of the Confederacy (1957), which tells the amazing story of the Alabama and her extraordinary captain, Raphael Semmes. In doing so, Boykin profiles an area of Civil War history that is not generally known to the public, while creating a text of high adventure and expert naval strategy. No other sources cited.
Filename: khboykin.rtf
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