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HIST 200 Big Four History Tour: Am Rev Museum (Blog 2)
Of all the things I expected to find out from a museum about the American Revolution, I did not expect to find out about early US voting rights for women. I was under the impression that the suffrage movement began in earnest in the 19th century, and before that time women had no ability to…
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HIST 200 Big Four History Tour: President’s House (Blog 1)
I remember when I was in elementary school and we took a field trip to Philadelphia. I believe I traveled to the historic center before when I was younger, but the timeline is hard to recall, and most trips I do remember consisted of heading to the airport or South Philly. It was essentially a…
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HIST 200 Big Four History Tour: Independence Seaport (Blog 5)
I first saw the Olympia while passing by in my youth; I thought it was a beautifully painted ship. When I later saw the Olympia as a teenager I thought of it as an old steam-powered warship with an impressive array of guns. Then as an adult I found out about her service in the…
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HC: Islands of History: Dealing with Non-Western Histories
In the book Islands of History the authors utilize a more anthropological record to record the stories of various Pacific island peoples, such as the Tongans, Fijians, Maori, and Hawaiians. Unlike other contemporary cultures and societies, the Polynesians (and Melanesians such as Fiji) did not develop a writing system that historians could analyze. With this…
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HC: The Return of Martin Guerre, and Dealing with sources
Whenever historical events are recounted one of the perpetual problems that plagues historians is finding sources. With wars and battle it is actually far easier, as logistics, casualties and status reports must be made to inform the leadership. When records are made of individuals throughout history, and across many cultures, those remembered are likely to…
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HC: The Return of Martin Guerre, the film
When reading The Return of Martin Guerre it was somewhat difficult to accurately imagine what life looked like at the time. Most depictions of peasant life in the late medieval/renaissance period show a people who are typically poor, dirty, diseased and miserable, be it in comedic parody or Hollywood dramas. I will be honest in…
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HC: Myne Owne Ground
Before reading this novel I figured that racial relations in the British Colonies and the later United States had always been poor. The common perception is that life for blacks in the United States started of as a system of persecution and slavery; one that did not go away until the American Civil War, and…
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ASII: The 1990s and the 2000s: A Retrospective
The 1990s could be seen as the calm before the storm of the 2000s. In the 1990s there were millions looking forward to the new millenia, and it was a time of internal focus in the United States as opposed to recent decades. It’s odd to think about how we look back a Bill Clinton’s…
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ASII: Living in 2000
Times are good. The past decade has been a time of relative peace and moderate prosperity for the United States. Never would have thought the Cold War would end so quickly and with relative calm. Glad the Russians were ready to give peace a chance after all that happened between us this past century. Shame…
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ASII: The 1970s and 80s: A Retrospective
These years rocked, literally. They had some of the best rock bands and musicians of all time, the likes of Rush (Canadian), Queen (British), Van Halen, and Cliff Burton of Metallica. But on a more serious note, there was a good deal of good and bad that happened in these decades. Starting off with the…
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