Essays about: "1870s"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word 1870s.

  1. 1. Government and Power in Young Adult Dystopias

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : literature; young adult literature; YA; dystopian fiction; dystopia; dystopias; dystopian literature; politics; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Dystopian fiction first appeared as a literary genre in the 1870s and has since been known to conduct social criticism of the real world in a futuristic, fictive form. As it has evolved during the 20th century it has grown into a widely researched topic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Aesthetic experiences and their theoretical and neuroaesthetic context: An integrate literature review of the theoretical concept of Einfühlung and its relation to neuroaesthetics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Amanda Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Empathy; Einfühlung; Empathy theory; Embodied simulation; Mirror neurons; Neuroaesthetics; Aesthetic experiences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : How we as viewers emotionally connect and interact with art and other aesthetic experiences is a widely debated topic in the art historical discourse. Following German aesthetician and philosopher Robert Vischer’s theorisation of the concept of Einfühlung during the 1870s, the empathic discourse has intrigued and engaged thinkers throughout centuries. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Keywords : Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effect of land-use history and site-specific environmental factors on solitary bees and flower beetles in clear-cuts of boreal coniferous forest

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Victor Eriksson; [2015]
    Keywords : Abundance; Clear-cut age; Community organization; Early successional habitats; Lepturinae; Pan-traps; Pollinators; Species richness;

    Abstract : Land-use history has been recognized as an important factor in shaping biological communities in clear-cuts. Many solitary bees and flower beetles (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) are commonly found in clear-cuts, which serve as early successional habitats. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of beaver dams on benthic macroinvertebrates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Andreas Johansson; [2014]
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    Abstract : In the 1870's the beaver (Castor fiber), population in Sweden had been exterminated. Thebeaver was reintroduced to Sweden from the Norwegian population between 1922 and 1939.Today the population has recovered and it is estimated that the population of C. fiber in all ofEurope today ranges around 639,000 individuals. READ MORE