To complete question # 52 on the "Foundations Investigation," select an article from the PRINT issue of History Today. Your comment should include the following:
- Cultural Region (Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, or Latin America)
- MLA Citation
- Concise (no more than 5 sentences) summary that includes a clear thesis statement.
Cultural Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation: Stone, Dan. "Beyond the Auschwitz Syndrome." History Today July 2012: n. pag.
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Summary: Historians are reanalyzing the Holocaust and changing the way we see the its events. Through archives released after the Cold War, those studying the Holocaust currently know more about the way Jews were treated in Eastern Europe, specifically Romania. Unlike in the west, where Nazis rounded up and killed people, Eastern Europeans were pitted against one another, raiding and plundering their own neighbors.
In addition, they now can redefine the meaning genocide and how that applies to actions done by Germany during those terrible years. Presently, different parts of Europe struggle to agree upon how the history of the Holocaust should be taught and interpreted.
Cultural Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation: "The Third Reich's Bank of England." History Today Aug. 2007: 50-55. Print.
Summary: The Nazis attempt to pull off a scheme against the Bank of England. The bank recieved a plentiful amount of forged Banknotes, which was later figured out that they were sent from the Nazis. This scheme was an attempt to weaken the united economies, in order for Germany to have to bail the others out.
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ReplyDeleteCultural Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation: Freeman, Charles. "Hadrian's Hall." History Today Jan. 2007: 10-11. Print.
Summary: Emperor Hadrian originally built the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome between the years 117-138 A.D.; it was a mausoleum for himself and his successors. Overtime it was decorated and strengthened, and became a place of refuge for the popes. With the addition of a secret passage, the mausoleum was connected to the Vatican. It was then used as a fortress, and prison until 1870. Now it is used as a museum.
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ReplyDeleteCultural Region - Europe
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation - "Two Fat Ladies." History Today July 2007: 27-29. Print.
Summary - This article is the history of commercial bingo halls in Europe. Since the 1960's, the main source of gambling in Britain has been bingo. After going around the Betting and Gambling Act of 1960, the first bingo halls opened their doors. Although this was the first official hall, there is evidence that woman gambling has been an activity for centuries. Since it was opened through a loophole, officials were still not pleased with the idea. But, they were never able to stop the spread of commercial gambling.
Region: Middle East
ReplyDeleteCitation: Salusbury, Matt. "The Koran on 'Christian' paper." History Today June. 2009: 3-4. Print.
Summary: This article gives a little history of Muslim paper making and whether it was okay or not to right sacred text onto paper made by Christians. First, the article talks about how people learned of paper making from the Chinese. After that Christians learned about paper making and started to create their own paper. Eventually, Muslims were getting paper made by Christians with a cross on it and were wondering if it was alright to right their sacred text onto it. Ibn Marzuq decided that it was alright to right on the 'Christian' paper as long as the text on the 'Christian' paper was erased and then written on again with the sacred text.
Region: India
ReplyDeleteCitation: Bryant, Mark. "Fleet Street's Star of India." History Today June 2007: 58-59. Print.
Summary: This article gives information on an Indian cartoonist, Attuputathu Mathew Abraham, and how he used his art to send messages. This India born cartoonist worked for multiple press's including the Indian Express. He took every oppertunity given to him that would help him better himself and his career. He educated himself on the information and message he would like to display through his cartoons.
Citation: Cavendish, Richard. "Mary, Queen of Scots leaves France for Scotland." History Today Aug. 2011: 8. Print.
ReplyDeleteSummary: In the article "Mary, Queen of Scots leaves France for Scotland" talks about her life and ultimate overthrow of her thrown. At a young age she lived in France married the heir to the kingdome (who died two years later) and was sent out of France. She went to Scotland where people greated her with open arms, except a few people. Her later marriage to Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley, lead to a rebellion. In the end she was sent away, captured by the English and executed in 1587.
Region: Europe (England)
ReplyDeleteCitation: Cox, Rory. "The Medieval Pacifist." History Today Aug. 2010. 25-27. Print
Summary: This article talks about John Wyclif, a medieval theologian, who challenged the Parliament and King. He did this by protesting against un-Christian wars and money. The article also states how this is like the modern world and how people in Britain are starting to protest wars and other conflicts with money.
Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteCitation: Hollis, Leo. "Spanning Centuries." History Today. Jul 2009. 21-23. Print.
Summary:
This article basically talks about the history concerning the London Bridge as it celebrates its 800th anniversary in 2009. The bridge was built in 1209, and is well known in childhood nursery rhymes. The bridge was very complex, and said to have had a drawbridge, as well as a tunnel. The entire bridge was spread out among Thames. In 2009, the Mayor of London proposed a new bridge connecting the South Bank complex with Victoria Embankment to carry out his dream for a 'living bridge' .
Region: India
ReplyDeleteCitation: Bose, Mihir. "India's Missing Historians." History Today: 34-35. Print.
Summary: The article "India's Missing Historians" explains that Ancient Indians believed more in poets that they did in historians, syaing that poets were "better able to write history." Along with this idea, it also explains that the Indians excelled in many forms of writing but never took writing history seriously. However, in the eleventh century, due to the Muslim presence in India, history started to be written. Also, in the last 60 years India realised that there were large chunks of their history not written, and especially not before the eleventh century and have been left to fill in the missing fatcs.
Region: Europe (Berlin)
ReplyDeleteCitation: Moorhouse, Roger. “Beyond Beliefe.” History Today Sept. 2010: 28-35. Print.
This article addresses the mistreatment of Jews throughout the Holocaust and why "Berliners" did nothing to help the Jews. Throughout the article, Moorhouse proves that the Berliners did not know what was happening and those who did know had family members to protect so revolting was not an option. The Jews were sent to work camps if they were healthy enough, but if not they were sent to death camps. He also addresses how large a role propaganda played by demoting Jews and promoting the purchase of Jewish belongings once they had been sent away to die.
Region: South Asia
ReplyDeleteCitation: Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie. "India: An Inspector Calls." HistoryToday. N.p., n.d.
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This article explains how James Wilson saved the Indian economy in a time of chaos. Wilson was sent to India from Britain in 1859 to restore the economy after Britain put down the Indian Mutiny. Wilson introduced paper currency and created a new tax structure. James Wilson died on August 11th, 1860.
Cultural Region: East Asia
ReplyDeleteMLA citation: "China's Age of Fragility." History Today May 2011: 29-36.
Summary: First, this article talks about how something known as "Patriotic Education" sparked a battle between China and their allied armies. Then, it goes into how Patriotic Education became a campaign toptic, and was a big deal during 1989, which was also when the Democracy Movement was taking place. Next, there is a section about how China and Britain do not get along, and the British treat them very poorly. Beyond this, China ended up being the backbone of trade, and most westerners would not have made a living from it without them. The final section of this article summarizes how westerners and the British do not know how hard their past with China was, and how difficult it was for them.
Cultural Region:
ReplyDeleteMiddle East
MLA Citation:
Foss, Clive. “Islam’s First Terrorists.” History Today Dec. 2007: 12-17. Print.
Summary:
“Islam’s First Terrorists” describes the effects a single radical movement had upon all of Islam in the Middle East (around 660 AD). After Caliph Ali was assassinated, Muslims gradually converted themselves to extremists motivated by violence. One group in particular, the Kharijites, adopted guerrilla warfare in order to punish infidels throughout Iraq. Nevertheless, the radical form of the religion only appealed to a small portion of the Muslim population.
Cultural Region: Latin America
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation: Mouhot, Jean-François. "The Tragic Annals of Haiti." History Today: 3-4. Print.
Summary: This article talks about the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010, and why there were so many deaths. One of the reasons that author said there were so many deaths, is because the earthquake happened out of no where, with no warning signs. Also, with poor infrastructure, many buildings fell to the ground, causing many people to become trapped underneath. As well extreme poverty, all of these factored to the high death toll.
Cultural Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteMLA Citation: "King Zog I of Albania." History Today: The Protector's New Clothes Sept. 2008:
11-11. Print.
Summary: Ahmed Bey Zogolli(Zogu) recognized himself as Albania's dictator. He ruled by force, but soon realized he needed help from abroad and therefore sought out an alliance with the Italians. Zogu's dictatorship was made permanent in 1928 in a Constituent Assembly which declared Albania a monarchy. When Albania was declared an Italian protectorate in 1939, Zog was exiled and resided in London's Ritz Hotel. He later died in France in 1961 at 65years old.
Cultural Region: Europe
ReplyDeleteAndrew Roberts. "Alexandria the Great." History Today: 20-26. Print.
This article describes the reign of Alexander the Great, and the impact that he made on Greece. The location of Alexandria was named after him, and his conquests in Egypt and Greece resulted in fame, and he was acknowledged in many ways as a result. The article also describes other events taking place in Egypt, such as the invasion of Octavian.