"Nineteenth-century civilization rested on four institutions. The first was the balance-of-power system which for a ce…"

"Europe changed more rapidly and more radically during the nineteenth century than during any prior period. Perhaps mo…"

"Messages had long been travelling above ground thanks to the invention of the tellegraph in the 1830s and the telepho…"

"The notion of writers like Proust and Joyce 'destroying' the nineteenth century, as surely as Einstein and Freud were…"

"En el Siglo XIX, con el impacto de la revolución industrial y con la aparición de la democracia, se estancó el pensam…"

"Baudelaire's words about the albatross aptly apply to the nineteenth century: "He is affixed to the earth by his tent…"

"The essence of nineteenth century cognitive activity is projection."

"When industrial capitalism first started to emerge in the early nineteenth century, its machinations were relatively …"

"For an entire century after 1815, by contrast, there was a remarkable absence of lengthy coalition wars. A strategic …"

"She was an expert with javelins, spears, and bows, along with being an exceptional horsewoman."