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| The Case for Birth Control | ||
| Margaret Sanger argues for the legalization of birth control. ( http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_sanger_1924.htm ) | ||
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| Observations on the Loss of Woollen Spinning, 1794 | ||
| Account of the adverse impact that machinery had on the lives of wool spinners. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1794woolens.html ) | ||
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| The Peterloo Massacre, 1819 | ||
| Account of the Peterloo Massacre. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1819peterloo.html ) | ||
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| Industrial Manchester, 1844 | ||
| Frederich Engels account of an industrial city. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1844engels.html ) | ||
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| The Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899 | ||
| Excerpt from Thorstein Veblen's classic. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1899veblen.html ) | ||
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| The Schools of Japan | ||
| American Embassy Secretary Francis Ottiwell Adams describes Japan's educational system. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/ottwell-japanschools.html ) | ||
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| A Little Jewish Girl in the Russian 'Pale', 1890 | ||
| Mary Antin's biting account of Jewish life in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1890antin.html ) | ||
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