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Hace 1 día · Zora Neale Hurston. Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 [1] : 17 [2] : 5 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. [3]
Hace 1 día · 19th century. An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval.
Hace 1 día · History of medicine. A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past ...
Hace 1 día · California became an American cultural phenomenon; the idea of the "California Dream" as a portion of the larger American Dream of finding a better life drew 35 million new residents from the start to the end of the 20th century (1900–2010). [1] Silicon Valley became the world's center for computer innovation.
Hace 1 día · The Spanish dollar and Mexican peso served as a global silver standard reserve currency, recognized all over Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to 20th centuries. They were legal tender in the United States until 1857 and in China until 1935. The 18th and 19th century Spanish dollar and Mexican peso were widely used in the early United ...
Hace 1 día · Background Homosexuality in 20th-century United States Further information: LGBT history in the United States and Lavender scare Following the social upheaval of World War II, many people in the United States felt a fervent desire to "restore the prewar social order and hold off the forces of change", according to historian Barry Adam. Spurred by the national emphasis on anti-communism ...
Hace 1 día · The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century. [3] It began in the early 1960s, [4] and continued through the early 1970s. [5] It is often synonymous with cultural liberalism and with the various social changes of the decade.
