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The Life and Fate of the Indian Tiger
The Life and Fate of the Indian Tiger
There may be no more magnificent animal than the tiger. Yet, around the world, their populations are dwindling, and the Indian Bengal tiger is no exception. Wild Bengal tigers dwel...
A Goddess from Bengal
A Goddess from Bengal
Feared as the ruler of snakes, Manasā, a late entrant to the pantheon of Hindu deities, is a fiercely partisan goddess who is vengeful to her adversaries and bountiful to her adher...
Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (Afterwards Sir William Hedges), During his Agency in Bengal, as well as on His Voyage Out and Return Overland (1681–1687)
Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (Afterwards Sir William Hedges), During his Agency in Bengal, as well as on His Voyage Out and Return Overland (1681–1687)
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1...
Census Data for 1850 and 1860 and the Defeat of the South
Census Data for 1850 and 1860 and the Defeat of the South
This chapter discusses how census data for 1850 and 1860 contributed to the military defeat of the South in the Civil War. For instance, the main innovation of the 1860 census was ...
Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500–1850
Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500–1850
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life sto...
Immigration, Nativism, and Statistics (1850–1900)
Immigration, Nativism, and Statistics (1850–1900)
This chapter discusses the emergence of questions on national origins and foreign birth in the censuses of 1850 to 1900 in the context of rising nativism. The 1820 census first int...
Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France
Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France
As a younger woman, Anna Maria 'Marie' Tussaud (1761–1850) rubbed shoulders with many of the key figures of the French Revolution, sculpting in wax the likes of Louis XVI, Marie An...
The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600–1850
The Birth of the English Kitchen, 1600–1850
Sara Pennell traces the emergence of the domestic kitchen as a distinctive space that helped make houses homes from the 17th century through to the middle of the 19th, and explores...