A watershed event in modern European history, the French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. Like the American Revolution before it, the […]
Production for Europe’s needs: through conquest, the colonial powers wrested control over the region’s economy from the native population. Hence, production that was geared towards the needs of the African peoples was transformed into production for the needs of the colonizing countries. Through sea-based trade established by the colonial powers, raw materials extracted from Africa, […]
The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten), is the name of a Virginia Indian[1] tribe. It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they dominated. It is estimated that there were about 14,000-21,000 of these native Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607. [2] They were […]
Conformity is defined by Zimbardo (1992) as, ‘A tendency for people to adopt behavior, values and attitudes of other members of a reference group.’ Mann (1969) identified the two major types of conformity: normative conformity and informational conformity. Normative conformity is caused by a desire to be liked. People conform because they think that other […]
Lemar Griffin Reconstruction April 28, 2011 Professor Eisenberg What was the cause for segregation in the south? The Day Freedom Died and When did Southern Segregation Begin are two books that cover events that happened during the Reconstruction period. Charles Lane through his political and social analysis shines an illuminating light on one of America’s […]
Quiz 2: “Wet Nurse for Sale,” in They Were Her Property, pages 101-112 After reading the pages 101-112, students must answer all of the following questions: 1. What are two major issues in the reading? 2. Who are the main characters? 3. When do the events take place? 4. Where do events take place? 5. […]
What are the similarities and differences in the social status of slaves in the Waning States and Han 论文帮助/论文写作服务/负担得起我及时提交我最好的质量 – China and in the third-millennium BC Mesopotamia? Literature: Robin Yates, lavery in Early 论文帮助/论文写作服务/负担得起我及时提交我最好的质量 – China: a socio-cultural approach… Journal of East Asian Archaeology 3 (2002), 28,331. Lorenzo Verderame, ‘Slavery in third-millennium Mesopotamia-. Journal of […]
Race as a Social Construct 无未读答复。无答复。 In chapter 10, “Race, Ethnicity, and Racism,” the authors define race as a “socially construct category.” Below are links to a couple of articles that further delineate this idea. Race Is a Social Construct, Scientist Argue: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/ (Links to an external site.) What We Mean When We Say ‘Race […]
Essay task: ● The essay should balance close reading of relevant parts of chosen texts with wider critical analysis. expected to refer to secondary sources, including theoretical or historical sources. ● The essay should include an introduction explaining the essay’s focus and a conclusion summarizing your overall argument. ● Harvard-style referencing and citations are MUST. […]
Abraham Lincoln offered some early public insights into his feelings towards slavery:
