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Eugenics

Eugenics in the Making: Human Typologies, Population Hygiene, and Racial Science in the 18th Century

By the 19th Century, the European public had been engaging in scientific debate for decades, gathering exotic curiosities, and energetically pursuing the secrets of life. At the same time, they enslaved millions of Africans, profited from the exploitation of their labor, along with that of American Indians and Chinese coolies, Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 4 years1 year ago
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Sex

Seduction, Prostitution, Bastardy, and Child Abandonment in Georgian London

Georgian London was the epicenter of urban pleasure culture. Harlots leveraged their assets, rakes indulged in licentious sex, and brothels, molly-houses, taverns and bawdy houses were scattered all over the city. Behind all this reckless abandon lay a milieu of misery. Between 1756 and 1760, the Foundling Hospital of London Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 4 years1 year ago
Cock Lane Ghost, English Credulity or the Invisible Ghost, from The Complete Contemporary History of Cock Lane Ghost
Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London

There wasn’t a soul in London, much less the neighborhood of Smithfield market, who hadn’t heard of the Cock Lane ghost. In 1762, the narrow London street was crowded with throngs of onlookers and busy-bodies who wanted to know if the rumors were true. A young girl at 20 Cock Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years1 year ago
Episode

Family Limitation in the Pre-Modern World

Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.

By Marissa Rhodes, 6 years3 years ago
Episode

Poor Relief in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Poor Relief in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Marissa Rhodes, 7 years5 years ago
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