Worlds Apart: Assistance from Affluent Nations
Even if advanced nations resolve to help those countries that are less affluent, the question of how exactly to do that can be enormously challenging.
Worlds Apart: Changes in Education
Many girls as well as boys are receiving basic instruction in the first part of the 19th century with the growth of the common-school movement. The course of study for boys tends to be more academic than it is for girls...
Worlds Apart: Economic and Social Life in the South
Dramatic changes in the economic and social life of the North are having a very different impact on the South. Cotton production expands, the invention of the cotton gin opens up opportunities for staple cotton, and the ..
Worlds Apart: Emerging Middle Class, The
Despite the visibility of the very rich and the very poor, what is new in 19th century America is the emergence of a middle class. It isn't just money that makes people members of the middle class, it is what they choose..
Worlds Apart: Experience of the Poor. The
The contrast between the lives of the wealthy and their servants underscores the widening gap between rich and poor. The life of the exploited--the hours they work, the jobs they are asked to do, the conditions they live..
Worlds Apart: Farm Families in the Mid-19th Century
There are fewer distinctions between men's and women's work among farm families. Patterns of farm work and who does what vary from region to region. Excerpts from a 19th-century diary reflect the importance of church and..
Worlds Apart: Global Care Chain, The
One aspect of globalization has been called by some the "global care chain." This is the migration of women from primarily third world countries to countries that are more advanced economically. These women come to count..
Worlds Apart: Globalization
Globalization is the term used to describe a worldwide process of cultural and economic integration. It is viewed by some as a positive phenomenon, by others as mostly negative. Virtually everyone agrees that its impact ..
Worlds Apart: Life of the Wealthy in 19th-century America, The
Wealth has always been unevenly distributed in the United States. Even at the time of the Revolution almost half of the wealth was concentrated in an estimated 10% of the population. With the rise of capitalism in the mi..
Worlds Apart: Mechanization of Agriculture, The
Agriculture itself is being transformed in the 19th century as it too becomes responsive to prices and market requirements. As an offshoot of the changes occurring in other commercial ventures, farming is also becoming m..