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Vu Dao wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
At the time 1900s, we mainly see how many countries try to industrialize such as Germany from an agricultural country become a very powerful country due to steel industry. Germany was not a strong country in […]
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Jonathan Velazquez wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
One potential shared experience occurring in the Philippines, Germany and India has to do with reactionary responses to imperial expansion, both internal and external. That is, large numbers of local residents […]
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Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
Race-Making and Colonial Violence in the U.S. Empire: The Philippine-American War as Race War by Paul A. Kramer expounds on the attempts of the Philippines to earn recognition of not only their independence, but […]
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Lillian Dunning wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
This week through two major lectures from guest professors, as well as a journal article, we learned about three new specific places throughout the world that experienced colonization and the resulting reactions […]
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robby wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
The time around 1900 was filled with great privatization and investment that brought with it great capital. In the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Jewish and Christian minorities were given full rights as […]
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Antuoine Hunt-Strong wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
From the first half of the lecture on Wednesday, the guest professor talked mainly about Germany in the 1900s. He specifically referred to the Rhinelands and Ruhr Valley region of Germany. These parts of Germany […]
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Noah Golovan wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
Looking at lectures and readings from this week, one theme stuck out to me. As regions started to modernize, there were periods of rapid urbanization. Due to this urbanization, there was much instance of the […]
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Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Question, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago
Great topic that will let you consider colonialism, resistance, and the creation of new hybrid cultural spaces. I’d start by narrowing to focus on a particular region/time period. Let me know what you’re […]
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Katie Holt commented on the post, Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago
I think this is an interesting topic. Carolyn Dean has a short article that would be a great place to start: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26518585&site=ehost-live
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Kamron Knowlton wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
Through much of the readings and lectures, particulary on todays reading ” Race-Making and Colonial Violence in the U.S. Empire” you get a sense of imperilaism being justified or even caused by nationalism. To […]
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Katie Holt commented on the post, Potential Research Topic, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago
This is such a great topic! We’ll do some related reading (which you can mine for ideas) when we read another chapter from Bauer on “Contact Goods” in another week. You can pick a geographic area / foodstuff to focus on.
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Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Idea, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago
This is a great topic to explore. Let me know if you’d like to focus on some of the material culture mentioned when we start reading the Victors and Vanquished. Or you might look at this for some inspiration: […]
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Chandler Dewitt wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago
This week in class we revolved our lectures around the idea of innovation and the expansion of certain countries. Throughout the lectures we learned that where the money can be earned is where the people will […]
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Mark Wilson wrote a new post on the site Nonsense! (And Why it is so Popular) 6 years, 6 months ago
Our topic this week is a popular one: psychic phenomena. Let’s start with a review of the whole psychic thing with a Wikipedia summary. Note that the concept is very broad, from self-proclaimed prophets to […]
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Zachary Milko wrote a new post on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago
Overall, the class discussion of the day was focused on Brazil and the Caribbean. This included particular analysis and discussion of 3 primary groups. These groups are the Taino and the Arawack, which are from […]
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