Social history

one in Sind (India) and the other in Egypt". Herodotus' record of the immense African developments that crossed both the African mainland and quite a bit of South East Asia, was not the primary nor would it be the last perception by voyagers and history specialists alike, of the dark civic establishments in South East Asia. Landing in a few waves amid the sixteenth century, numerous European travelers composed and wondered about the developments they had experienced. In any case,…

When I was growing up, I was taught and motivated to understand the concepts of education and explore the endless possibilities that are offered through it. In the same way, I have been motivated to learn about the history of the world as it provides me a better image and understanding of a culture, a town, and in some cases, an individual. Also, I always wanted – in fact very badly wished – to travel the world, do something for the greater good, be someone more than a girl who comes from a…

How do words affect our view of history and do our modern terms change our perception of the times being examined? Robert Bartlett’s usage of terms such as “ethnicity” and “colonialism”, addresses an important question of modern concepts in our understanding of the medieval past. The purpose of this paper is to make connections of the key ideas of Robert Bartlett’s use of these concepts, ethnicity and colonization, in his book “The Hanged Man” drawing from his own explanations from his articles,…

suicidology. I will provide a brief history of suicide and state why it is important to study suicide in the sociology field. I will then compile information from the prior research and analyze it, comparing many aspects in hope of finding an underlying theme. I will look into three categories; demographics, integration, and mental status. I will then finish with a conclusion and the hypothesis which will then lead to my research proposal. Let us begin. History Suicide has a big effect on…

first-hand materials such as bones instead of ancient books or letters, or sometimes even rumors like historians. Many hypotheses or “clues” may made easily by people, but all of them must be confirmed by convincing evidence in order to write the history. Moreover, it is more convincible for people when you have enough direct evidence,…

The history of the Americas continent is pretty much alike, due to the late discovery of the land by numerous mainly European explorers. The establishment of United States is closely related to the settlement of English and also Spanish settler. Similarly, the history of the country right above America, which is Canada also related to England as well as France. The book I will be comparing with Loewen’s is Canada Revisited by Clark and McKay. Canada, now known as a multicultural and bilingual…

Gerda Lerner was an influential figure in the development of women’s gender history since the 1960’s. She was one of the founders of women’s history and played a key role in developing women’s history curriculum. She was a rebel and didn’t believe in following the rules or conforming to society from her teenage years. In her early career she became an author and also became a national leader in the Congress of American Women where she worked with poor black women where she began to understand…

The author, the History, and the Story The author’s personal experiences and the history of the worlds past are used as a literary masterpiece: from Khaled Hoessini’s The Kite Runner that tells of the last days of the Afghan monarchy in the 1970s to the post-Taliban near present or Markus Zuask’s exploration of the Holocaust in The Book Thief to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird that tells a story by depicting life-altering events throughout his childhood. History is the study of change…

evident in society and the areas of knowledge, experts will reach a wide variety of varying opinions that result in disagreements. Within the area of history, there are many discrepancies that arise between the opinions of experts due to bias. How does bias affect knowledge within history? For example, while researching the Bay of Pigs Invasion in my history class, I found that experts varied in opinion on the blame that should be placed on President Kennedy for the failure of the invasion. As I…

“a picture is worth a thousand words”, but can one really gain as much knowledge of an experience through an image rather than pages of textual descriptions of every detail? Generally, students are disengaged in the content displayed through a history book, primarily because they believe that they have no similarities between those living in the Gilded Age and find it hard to sympathize let alone understand any individual from that time period. When viewing historical events through a graphic…