Organization of American Historians

distribution has been continuously marginalized in the field of mainstream economics. Perhaps it is due to inconsistent views of what economic inequality is, its level of economic consequences, and when inequality becomes unjustified. As a famous economic historian, Richard Tawney once noted: “What thoughtful rich people call the problem of poverty, thoughtful poor people call with equal justice a problem of the riches” [2]. Income inequality has been rising for almost four decades now [3]. This…

20th Century, blacks were beaten, raped, killed, hung, humiliated, denied fair wages, loans, jobs, education, and healthcare, all because of our skin color. All the rights that Black Americans have today are because they fought for it. Now, in the 21st century, while still battling systemic oppression, White Americans want it to go away based off of 60 years of “integration?” That is…

talked about what happened after the 1830’s. Yes, we understand that these people were struggling to live day-to-day, but what was America doing about it? What happened after the 1830’s? Did the economy get better or worse? How were the African Americans treated in the late 19th century in Baltimore? Was domestic service still a common aspect of women’s jobs? These questions are left unanswered in “Scraping…

communist forces, the only way to resist this control of government from occurring permanently was to dominate in a way that would show the other side their true power. “Civil war was now a necessity in order for ELAS to destroy all other resistance organizations and rival guerilla bands.” While the guerrilla forces that were pro communism in Greece were supported by the USSR and the rest of the communist ruled Balkan states, those opposed garnered the support of first Britain, and finally the…

Following Germany’s defeat in World War One, the allies presented a document known as Diktat (on dictated peace) to the German Government at the Palace of Versailles. Forcing Germany to take responsibility for the war, the nation was left powerless and in a state of depression. The unfair terms removed all pre-war colonies, acquired 48% of its iron production, 16% of its coal production, 13% of its territory and 12% of its population. Furthermore the imposed reparations acted as a noose around…

cycle of life. There are organizations such as, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition in Ontario, and The Compassionate Healthcare Network in British Columbia and six other organizations throughout Canada that disapprove the legalization of euthanasia as it is immoral and unethical. The main reasons that the populace of Canada is against euthanasia are it is against the Hippocratic Oath, it would devalue human life, and the “Slippery Slope” effect. Historical Background Historian Nick Kemp believes…

trade had been legally abolished in America. Dreams also recreates the lives of Africans that were captured in their own country and the struggles that they faced while on ships to America. It also talks about their experience of slavery alongside Americans. Later on, after the emancipation, the same group reunited and made their own settlement called African Town. The author of Dreams of Africa In Alabama is Sylviane A. Diouf. According to (http://biography.jrank.org/) Sylviane was born in…

recorded in the 1910 census. This puts the total number of visas available each year to new immigrants in 350,000. It did not, however, establish quotas of any kind for residents of the Western Hemisphere” (Milestone: 1921-1936 - Office of the Historian). They clearly did not want the immigrants to come into America and they made it really hard for people to come into the USA. Entering without inspection is even harder because the process of getting documentation becomes impossible. In order…

Mcpherson’s For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, interprets not what was previously expected from this novel, including the political and militaristic motivations, but rather the personal, and humanistic side of the Civil War. Slavery, being commonly interpreted as the highlighted factor concerning all things related to the Civil War, the assumption was that in all sincerity, this was the cause, sustentation, and motivation for War between the North and the South. But as…

invaded Hyderabad on September 13, 1948. Many Pakistani’s thought that their homeland would be invaded next. Because of this fear, Pakistanis wanted peace with India through the UN administered plebiscite in Kashmir. The UN proposal that said an American would administer but plebiscite, but no official name had been announced yet. Because of growing relations with the United States, Liaquat thought this would be the best opportunity Pakistan could settle for peace in…