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Besides work, Victorian men were also active in the public sphere of clubs and taverns, indulging in homosociality. The rise of scientific management principles also change the way other spheres like sport were viewed: there was a shift away from the early Victorian discourse of "fair play" as the most important aspect of sport, to one ...
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, [1] and there is also evidence that some behaviors considered masculine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors.
Mountain men were instrumental in opening up the various emigrant trails (widened into wagon roads) allowing Americans in the east to settle the new territories of the far west by organized wagon trains traveling over roads explored and in many cases, physically improved by the mountain men and the big fur companies originally to serve the mule ...
Napoleon, a typical great man, said to have created the "Napoleonic" era through his military and political genius. The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior ...
As with their English counterparts, lightermen in Singapore were men who worked on a lighter or on a barge. [3] Their primary role was to transport cargo between ships in the harbour and warehouses along the Singapore River. [4] They were active in Singapore in the 19th and 20th century, playing a key role in the city’s port functions.
19th-century men by nationality (4 C) 19th-century men by occupation (10 C) This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 12:51 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Anti-railroad complaints were loudly repeated in late 19th century political rhetoric. [38] Oswego starch factory in Oswego, New York, 1876. One of the most hated railroad men in the country was Collis P. Huntington (1821–1900), the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who dominated California's economy and politics. One textbook ...
19th-century men by occupation and nationality (4 C) A. 19th-century male actors (1 C, 4 P) 19th-century male artists (1 C, 86 P) E. 19th-century Eastern Catholic ...