Category: History : History

Auguste Rodin’s The Burghers of Calas is probably among my top ten favorite sculptures. It is a thing of beauty and I was awestruck the first time I saw it in person.
How does this particular sculpture differ from earlier European sculptures/monuments?

I need you to write a short essay using the reading attached (Clarence-Smith). You need to choose one of the following questions to answer in the thesis (with 3 reasons) and each body paragraph has a topic sentence with 1 of those 3 reasons:
1)    After reading this article, do you agree with Bernard Lewis that “Islamic abolitionism is a contradiction in terms?”
2)    Based on your readings, including this one, how useful is Marshall Hodgson’s idea of “Islamicate” culture (the culture associated with, but not necessarily derived from, Islam), in understanding slavery in Arabia?
3)    What were the main arguments used by Islamic “Modernists” in opposing or limiting slavery in Islamic societies?
4)    Overall, which factor was more important in Islamic abolitionism – intellectual trends within Islam, or external pressure from European powers?
You need to have an introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion. You need to include evidence/quotes from the reading. I have attached the rubric and an essay I wrote from a previous reading for reference(Hunwick Narrative).

My topic is from the theme Material Culture, something related to Jade in pre-modern and the title is (The Controversial Significance of Jade in Pre-Modern China) -> for example, one controversial topic that has been discussed is the extent of jade’s influence on social hierarchies and power structures.
Some scholars argue that jade played a significant role in reinforcing social hierarchies, with its ownership limited to the elite class. They believe that the display of exquisite jade objects during important events and ceremonies served to emphasize the wealth and prestige of the ruling class, further perpetuating social inequality.
Requirement: Students are required to develop their own research project and submit a written essay of 1000-1500 words (excluding bibliography).
They shall design their own topic on an event, phenomenon or historical figure etc. in pre-
modern Chinese history around any of the following themeIn the written essay of 1000-1500 words, students shall explain the significance of the event, phenomenon or historical figure etc. and formulate a coherent argument based on different interpretations by scholars. The essay shall strictly follow the academic practice, especially the practice of citation where the sources of facts and views shall be provided in footnote citations (maximum 1,000 words). In completing the research project, students shall use and cite published academic books, journal articles or theses; if online sources are used, those are limited to the published works from academic institutions, government departments or academic journals. Unless otherwise agreed by the instructor, students shall not use/cite sources from Wikipedia and other encyclopaedias, blogs, social media, nor content farms. Can you include outline and thesis statement and also Chicago Style citation inside the essay. The essay shouldn’t be too general. This assignment is from my history and Chinese civilisation course which is a gateway education course.

After reading the Westad book, answer the following essay in approximately 1,000 words: Westad presents a vision of the Cold War in the Third World that is rooted in ideological conflict instead of one that is solely based on imperialism. Examining at least four episodes mentioned in the book across at least 3 continents, answer whether you agree with the thesis of the work about the ideological nature of the Cold War in the Third World.

Instructions
During this era the culture was changing. Christmas and Thanksgiving became national holidays (THANK YOU PRESIDENT GRANT). Other holidays and special days would be created, some to make certain immigrant groups feel a part of this country. We now have all sorts of special months or days designed to help American society become more inclusive.
Take one of these days, or months, and find out the beginnings of its celebration in the United States. The exceptions will be holidays that celebrate the USA so NO to the 4th of July, NO to Memorial Day, NO to Veterans Day, NO to President Day or No to Thanksgiving. Don’t do those. Don’t. Celebrate them just don’t do them for this assignment. Don’t.
It does NOT have to be a day off holiday, it can just be a special day of commemoration. 
Why did it become a celebration? When did it become a celebration? What immigrant or group of people was it created to celebrate? Give a few reasons why. Cynical political calculations are a good reason, if someone was trying to woo voters that is a legitimate reason. I am looking at you Columbus Day.
Answer this in about 250 words.
I want source notes (not to be included in your word count) either footnotes or a bibliography source). Wikipedia is OK with me for this assignment.

Instructions
In history it is easy to look back and select something and be outraged over treatment in the past. Some of these issues are far more complex than anyone really wants to know, including those who study it. The war with the Native American tribes in the second half of the 19th Century (1800s) is one such example.
In Historian Stephen Ambrose’s work Crazy Horse and Custer he pointed out the Anglo Americans continued to do to the Native Americans what has been done to people since the dawn of humanity, the stronger, more technologically savy societies advance and push the weaker foe off the land. This had not changed since the dawn of time. As an example all Europeans from all the nations of Europe have a genetic connection that is culturally and nationally different from other Europeans for only for about 1000 years. If a Greek takes pride that they decended from the ancient Greeks, well genetically every European also decends from the ancient Greeks, along with many in North Africa, and vice versa. So pushing people out is not new. In the future it may be different kind of pushing out. Think of the tech savvy getting ahead and in many ways becoming the superiors of those who don’t understand it.
Ambrose then posed a difficult thought to the modern reader about the war on the Great Plains. Which was right, to leave the native tribes alone and let the 250,000 people inhabit the land knowing they were not going to change their ways? Preserving them. Or for the land to be developed to produce food whereby the Great Plains now feeds over 1.5 billion people a year. The development of the Great Plains has helped end famine in the world and has been a benefit to people in other societies all around the globe. If we look back in history the cost of feeding the world was the destruction of these tribal societies. Now what is the morally right answer?
In about 250 words What is the right solution? 

analytical essay on How did the US winning the space race affect the political climate of the world? 
using https://www.nasa.gov/history/sputnik/july59.html this article

I need a proposal and out line of paper by 18 April.
Please follow instruction / structure of the files I have posted below.
Students must complete one long research paper of approximately 6-8 pages and utilize 3-5 academic sources on some issue involving topics related to the course. In the term paper, students will be graded on clarity, style, and the use of appropriate evidence to defend an articulated argument. Purely narrative papers- which tell a story rather than analyze an issue- will receive poor grades. 
Course Description
This course uses cinema to explore the portrayal of contemporary South Asia. It traces the development of South Asia through film and highlights the changing images of the region since the 1950s. In addition to outlining the political history of South Asia, themes of nation-building, political culture, corruption, inequality, and social tension based on gender, caste, religion, region, and language, as well as transnational/global South Asian cinema, will be addressed. This course will be relevant to students interested in examining the social, cultural, economic, and political forces that shaped the development of post-colonial South Asia from independence to the present day through the medium of one visual medium – cinema.
-An understanding of the uses of cinema as a primary source for understanding social, cultural, and political change in South Asia. 
– To understand the changing relationship between cinema and the broader society through the period
– Awareness of the primary historiographical debates and themes in the study of post-colonial South Asia 
-Trace the creation of the idea of a nation through films like Mother India& and Bombay, and explore the positioning of culture, gender, and state in South Asian movies. 
-Consider films critically from the perspective of history and film studies and the historical and cultural context in which they have been created. 
Movies we watched:
Mother India (1957)
Jodha Akbar (2008) / Bajirao Mastani (2015) 
Rang De Basanti ( 2006) – India / (Matir Moina (2002) – Bangladesh 
Bombay (1995) – India 
 Roja (1992) / Thappad  (2020)  
slumdog Millionare (2008)
Readings:
Katherine Mayo, Mother India, Chapter Two, “Slave Mentality” (http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300811h.html#ch-1Links to an external site.
Sanjeev Kumar, Constructing the Nation’s Enemy: “Hindutva,” popular culture and the Muslim ‘other’ in Bollywood cinema, Third World Quarterly, Vol, 34, No.3 ( 2013), pp. 458-469.
Rachel Dwyer, ‘New Myths for an Old Nation: Bollywood, Soft Power, and Hindu Nationalisms,’ In Cinema and Soft Power: Configuring the National and Transnational in Geo-politics, Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
https://scroll.in/article/674387/how-bollywood-uses-the-past-as-a-guide-to-the-presentLinks to an external site.
Ella Shohat and Robert Stam, ‘Unthinking Eurocentricism,’ pp. 13-31. In Ella Shohat’s Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media, Routledge, 1994.

Instructions
There is talk in Washington D.C. of finally giving the descendants of slaves reparations for slavery, over 150 years after their ancestors actually got their freedom. Reparations are by definition given to those who directly suffered. So this will be controversial, maybe more so than it was back in 1865. Those fighting this today are saying it is not reparations or wondering why they must pay for the sins of ancient ancestors, or even the pay for the sins of those who were here before their own immigrant families arrived like new immigrants of families that arrived after 1865. The real crime is that it was not done in 1865.
When the Confederacy surrendered many of its citizens later said that first summer that they were on their knees and would have done anything they were told to do, it is a reason they accepted the end of slavery. President Johnson would give them hope and boost the south due his racism and as you read helped create a segregated system. There were those who wanted Congress to take land from the planters, the main ones who fought against the US, and give it to the freed slaves. These measures failed due to the opposition of President Andrew Johnson and the old southern creed of the sacredness of private property. 
In about 250 words answer the question, what would have changed in the United States if the ex-slaves were given their ’40 acres and a mule.’ How do you think it would have changed the United States culturally, politically and economically? Would there have been a need of a Martin Luther King, Jr.? This would not have gotten rid of racism, so no neverland scenarios, but would it have tempered it? Would race relations be better? Would America be better, stronger?

I need a background information through the resources provided for Pinchot Gifford and John Muir, along side a thesis statement that circles around comparative analysis of John Muir and Pinchot Gifford’s philosophies on Forest management