HIST 2376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ss Great Eastern, John Tawell, London Paddington Station
28 Sep 2018
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In the 1840s-60s - the trip took 3 months: after the suez canal that trip became 6 weeks, ss great eastern, built in the 1850s and used to lay atlantic telegraph cables. Victoria and albert: victoria married her first cousin, who was widely disliked at first for being uptight and. German: their marriage was very respectable and changed the tone of the monarchy, the expectation of public figures" behaviour changed as of this point, redefined what was expected of proper male behaviour. French, who were very into fashion: william gladstone, prime minister between the 1860s-1890s, only acceptable color palette was black, no frills or lace. Jeremy bentham: reformer and philosopher who was best known as the founder of utilitarianism, was in favour of democratizing higher education, ucl was the first university to open to people who were not members of the church of.
