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Others There are other similarities and differences between the two theorists during their discussion, which are not closely linked to classification. Here I shortly summarize and share my thoughts on three of them: totem and image, language, and the contradictions. Except for the first one subtopic, other two are the features of Foucault, and I only can find a little of thoughts by Durkheim on these two subtopics. a. Totem and Image Totem and image are both a kind of graphs that represent…

While presenting a lecture on the “Danger of a Single Story” in a 2009 Ted Talk in London England, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie remarked that if a people are shown as one thing, over and over again, that is what they become. For centuries the conquest of Mexico and the fall of the Aztec empire has been a single story told through only European accounts. In The Broken Spears Miguel León-Portilla provides an account of the first arrival of European colonizers through a collection of codices authored…

The Columbian Exchange, beginning with Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World, would have devestating affects on the indigenous people to the people there, but from the terrible would come great economical effects, as well as population growth. Due to the multitude of crops, resources, goods and people coming from the New World, Europe was able to increase both economically and in population growth The Colombian Exchange had a large effect on the population of Europe. With the influx…

In American folklore characters occupy a large place "border" - strong, agile, courageous people; praised the hard work and perseverance, cunning and courage. Many of the heroes of folklore exist in reality, although their feats and tricks greatly exaggerated, as people granted them popular with his own qualities. Hunter and storyteller Davey Crockett (1786-1836) lived in one of the south-eastern states, he was repeatedly elected to Congress. Folk humor Crockett gave a smile that raccoons could…

Perfect Society in Jamestown Founded in 1607 by Captain John Smith, Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the New world, and evolved creating a perfect society that expanded throughout the new world by establishing relationships with the natives, government, and utilizing the land for farming. When the English arrived in Jamestown after the first year about two thirds of the population died from weather and shortage of supplies. Smith went out on a trading expedition and was…

staple crop farming of the Chesapeake Colonies. In Jamestown 1612, a farmer named John Rolfe learned about tobacco from local Native Americans and began experimenting with it. Tobacco was in such high demand in England that it quickly became a major cash crop in Virginia. However, tobacco heavily exhausts soil which created a need for expansion. This created problems with natives, because the English settlers continued to back into their…

Compare and Contrast: Columbus Day On the second day of Monday in October, we celebrate a holiday. We celebrate a man that was very brave. And this man’s name is Christopher Columbus. We celebrate him because he sailed the ocean with three different ships. From two different Article’s it say’s different things. The first one was called “Sail On’’, and it said great things about Columbus. Many things say good stuff like he was very brave and was the first person to find America. Then to another…

The stories of Native Americans throughout history has not always ended pleasant, but instead having military clashes against the United States such as Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee trying to protect their way of life. During the ninetieth and twentieth century the Ute people of Colorado were forced to leave their homes and move on to reservations ultimately affecting their cultural identity. Some of the issues Ute Indians faced was the lost of language, protecting their traditions and…

The first migrants into America faced multiple challenges including conquering the land, battling natives tribes in a bid to secure settlements, while at the same time trying to stay true to their religious, entrepreneurial, and socio-ethical roots acquired in their former lands back in Europe. Through their writings, the soldier, administrator and adventurer John Smith, Poet Anne Bradstreet and Governor William Bradford depict an America whose lands were initially hard to subdue and inhabited…

There are cultural changes and contributions that occur between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods. In the Paleolithic period, they lived simple lives where they did what they had to do in order to survive. The men hunt, eat, and survive while the women gather and take care of the children. They also traveled all the time in order to follow the animal migrations. In the Paleolithic period they learned language and how to control fire and use it in their everyday life. Wall painting in…