Modern (1800 CE - 1950 CE)
The French Civil Code (1804)
Napoleon brought to completion a project dear to the hearts of the revolutionaries, the drafting of new law codes.
Napoleon’s Reasons for Making Himself Emperor (December 1804)
When he made himself emperor, Napoleon clearly rejected the republican form of government. Here he tries to claim that hereditary government is necessary in a large state. The presence of the pope at his coronation seemed to confer legitimacy on the act.
Oath as Consul for Life (4 August 1802)
The oath that Bonaparte took on becoming consul for life gives a good idea of the image that he tried to project: protector of the gains of the Revolution and insurer of order. In retrospect, his claims about not wishing to make war ring hollow.
Women and Stalinism: Newspaper, Women Workers
The increased presence of women in the workforce as a result of industrialization and other aspects of modernization during the 1930s was documented in government publications.
Women and Stalinism: Newspaper, Women’s Work
The increased presence of women in the workforce as a result of industrialization and other aspects of modernization during the 1930s was documented in government publications.
Women and Stalinism: Quantitative Evidence, Women's Education
The increased presence of women in the workforce as a result of industrialization and other aspects of modernization during the 1930s was documented in government publications.
Women and Stalinism: Quantitative Evidence, Women's Employment
The increased presence of women in the workforce as a result of industrialization and other aspects of modernization during the 1930s was documented in government publications.
Women and Stalinism: Newspaper, Women’s Roles
Articles and images published in Soviet newspapers on March 8, International Communist Woman’s Day, provide the most obvious examples of how women were used as symbols in a propaganda campaign.
Women and Stalinism: Newspaper, Women's Equality
Articles and images published in Soviet newspapers on March 8, International Communist Woman’s Day, provide the most obvious examples of how women were used as symbols in a propaganda campaign.
Little Mischief
This 25-second "kinetoscope" shot on Vitagraph's roof-top studio in New York City by Thomas A. Edison Inc. in 1898/1899, sheds light on shifting notions of girlhood at the turn of the 20th century.