Voices | Eric Wasserzug | Activity https://voices.wooster.edu/members/ewzug/activity/ Activity feed for Eric Wasserzug. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:47:00 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5d2b448f1015f37735ba8a5385bf60ff Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=643 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:53:20 +0000 Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) was a political economist who is known for his Malthusian Growth Model. As one of the first scholars to attempt to describe and analyze a population, he realized that human populations […]

]]> b022e132b04243f8284cac048c0e4199 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=602 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:42:37 +0000 My great great grandfather on my father’s father’s side had an extremely eventful life. Eugene Wasserzug was born in Warsaw, Poland around 1831. After attending multiple universities to train as a doctor, he was […]

]]> 6bdaf9412e96589e929d24ab3ab26983 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=562 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:52:41 +0000 The two Declarations of Independence of Israel and Palestine follow a very similar trajectory. Both begin by establishing their right to the land by affirming their historical and religious roots in the area. […]

]]> 613ab9a0ecfe5d1feb66f4e73fb23bf5 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=524 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:12:02 +0000 The collection, organization, distribution, and analysis of data on a large scale is something we take for granted in the world today, particularly in the United States. It is something we deal with […]

]]> 5c83e262e3751dbd4a9aa08ffaab83d2 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=448 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:59:40 +0000 At the end of the Eduardo Galeano article, he lays out a series of platitudes, goals, and hopes for the future. At the top of page 337, one of these reads,
“In Argentina, the crazy women at the Plaza de Mayo […]

]]> 1675a5039bfd316462a469e21d864fe6 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=363 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:05:10 +0000 1. The first “thematic shape” Tony Judt talks about in his introduction is the the lessening world influence of Europe, what he calls ‘Europe’s Reduction’. When the Second World War ended, much of Europe emerged […]

]]> 1fa078f725309a9be30bc1b859540dd4 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=329 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:24:44 +0000 The process of decolonization in Africa had many interesting, positive and negative ramifications for the continent and the entire world. Regardless of the questions of how, why, and in what way decolonization […]

]]> f9865c1c4fc4da86d0a058b3aa160060 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=272 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:21:26 +0000 The era of Japanese modernization and expansion provoked a great deal of resentment from China and Korea. Even before the start of the 20th C., there had been a significant amount of tension between the three East […]

]]> 1f65a9497e3ef437a1e677526b3a2b7a Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=227 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 04:05:36 +0000 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 […]

]]> c65a5e95ec1b1134700898979d74e570 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=158 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:46:09 +0000 One of the most important developments leading up to the twentieth century was of course the expansion of global trade. Made possible largely through improved transportation, the economic landscapes of nations all […]

]]> 0fe623b79b987c488cc53cae18c84d90 Eric Wasserzug wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD http://mcw2019.voices.wooster.edu/?p=69 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:48:26 +0000 On page 295, Bright and Geyer comment that, “the ‘great divergence’…does not project well to the end of the century,” then follow immediately with the statement that, “narratives of a ‘great convergence’…have […]

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