Political history

There are multiple beautiful monuments around the world that all represent different people or events in time who may or may not be historical. Although to the people who view the monuments only see the final product the group of people who chose to put it there see all the factors that go into creating that monument and putting it in just the right spot so the person or event can be remembered in a peaceful and respectful environment. When a group or agency is trying to memorialize an event or…

also the history of the research and what is up and coming. Ivory gives a distinct history of the Marquesas Islands art and culture and how it has not received proper research and data collection. The intent of the article is to give reason to learn more about Marquesan art and give it the deserved recognition from both a historical and cultural perspective. Ivory begins with a brief overview of the Marquesas Islands culture and describes the complexity of their social and political…

consume- though social realism is clearly not anaesthetic that Hollywood usually embraces or has seen as commercially viable. But more important fictional films reveal something of the dreams, desires, displacements, and, in some cases, the social and political issues that confront American society. Undeniably, films are a powerful and significant art form. Sentiment obviously is somewhat hyperbolic. But films shown in theatres, on television and in DVDs are clearly one of the prime forms of…

As Martin Luther King Jr once said, “we are not makers of history; We are made by history.”. By this he means that we are shaped by our past, everything that has happened, has happened because certain people wanted it to. We can't change the past but we can make the future. And throughout time society has continued to change. We strive to create change so the world will become better. Looking at the past there are many great changes that have influenced who we are today as a society. However…

Foucault’s ‘genealogical’ history. Genealogy is the study of ‘family history’ which often possess the desire to historically ‘situate’ one's family in the larger historical picture. In the poststructuralist discourse of Foucault and other postmodern theorists, it has assumed a special significance owing to the fact that it eschews history of its claims of totality and faithful uncovering of the past producing anti-epistemological and anti-teleological critiques of traditional history in the face…

If I have learned anything about history, it is that not everyone has the pleasure of knowing their story or past glory. Archived memories and experiences create scenes of the past that we can feel and relive if told in the right light. Family is an important treasure that only some get the privilege of cherishing; blood or bond, family is what holds us when the world lets us go. Going back to the day my grandmother was born, it began the lives of the people I know and love today and has shaped…

easily. Many things have changed all throughout history. African Americans are now given rights and are treated equal to everyone else around them. This change happened nearly 50 year ago. Lots of individuals look at the world differently because of the effects of history and our environment. A current controversy that has been brewing lately is whether or not we should allow Syrians into the United States for food and shelter. Many also argue that history and the environment has no relevance…

After attending class for the first time on Wednesday, August 24th, I can honestly say that the topic of historical memory had never crossed my mind. In previous thoughts I had always imagined history and memory as synonymous. In order to better understand my thought process, I have broken down memory and history and what they meant to me before and after our first class. Before class started my definition of memory by itself was simply remembering thoughts or actions from the past. In class we…

James Cuno voices this thought saying, “Territory held today by a given nation-state in the past likely belonged to a different political entity…”(Mortimer, para.8). Even if a museum was willing to return one of their antiques, who would they return it to? There is no way to find the exact, region, city and even museum that a work of art or antique really belongs to. The region it…

Fictions, Fraud—American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin, Peter Charles Hoffer, a professor of history at the University of Georgia and former member of the American Historical Association 's Professional Division, discusses the issue of professional and ethical misconduct in the field of history. Hoffer analyzes the four cases of Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin, and notes that developments within the field of history have affected historians.…