Key points to know How Europe was prepared‚ by events and circumstances‚ to spring forth and devour the world‚ resulting in a modern world in which “European” means “modern.” That the preparation Europe experienced meant it was pretty much of a “no contest”; the Europeans were ready‚ and the rest of the world wasn’t. It wasn’t a Manichean contrast of “good” and “bad.” There were no idyllic societies. Period. (This does not mean that people and individual acts could not be seen as good or bad.)
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happening from past) Aborigines Tahitians Aztecs Chinese Italians Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881) Starts in New York as a lawyer then enters anthropology scene 1851 – published Leagues of Iroquois 1871 – published Systems of Consanguity About kinship (family and how families are organized) Iroquois’ families are maternal – all moms side of family‚ if boy born‚ sent out to marry into some other girls family 1877 – published Ancient Society Savagery – (pottery) Barbarism – (iron working)
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weapons with each other. There were frequent trades with the Native Americans. This was for furs. The exchange for furs was beads‚ cloths‚ cooking and hunting tools Focused on the fur trade using the European metal utensils with the local tribe of Iroquois. There was also the transportation of people to America. The biggest economy the south had was the growing of tobacco and the buying and selling of slaves. The African societies
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external characteristics of societies all over the globe‚ sociologists were concerned with the internal dynamics of Western‚ industrial societies. 6) Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-81) was a lawyer from New York who was fascinated by Indians and lived the Iroquois for a time. He realized that most of the complexity of Native American culture would soon
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State Formation A Historical Systems Approach Note: This page is part of the archives of the Phrontistery‚ but is no longer being updated. This is a revised version of a paper originally written in 1995 as part of an honours degree project. It is somewhat academic in nature‚ so be warned. While my opinions on some of the issues discussed herein have changed somewhat‚ my theoretical interests are substantially similar to those in this paper. Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Illusory Dichotomy:
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Reading Notes Chapter 1 Cahokia: Thirteenth-century Life on the Mississippi Cahokia‚ a city on the Mississippi River across from present day Saint Louis‚ was bustling with industry and farming around the mid 1200’s. It had almost 30‚000 residents at its peak. People went to work in the various industries such as the manufacturing of pottery‚ tools‚ jewelry‚ and the fashioning of metals. Hundreds of acres of farms grew pumpkins‚ corns‚ and beans‚ all crops native to America‚ among other things
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Tim Nelson 10/05/01 Honors English Period 2 Compare & Contrast: Iroquois Constitution & U.S. Constitution The Constitutions of both the Iroquois and the United States have similarities and differences between them. The Iroquois constitution came earlier in history than the U.S one did. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois’ constitution were carried over to some of the ideas that we use in our government today. In this paper I will compare and contrast these ideas as they
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Body Eugenia Kaw (Opening Eyes)- plastic surgery as a form of internalized colonialism. Cultural stereotypes on what is beautiful and what is not. Subconscious. Racist stereotypes they’re taking action on. Plastic surgery as form on internalized colonialism- look at Eugenia Kaw. Susan Bordo (The Slender Body) -look at consumption vs. accumulation and capitalist contradiction. Consumption vs. Accumulation -from Bordo’s article. “Tight” Bodies as Cultural Symbols of Morality/Self-Control-
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Margin Review: 5. In what ways did the gathering and hunting people of Australia differ from those of the northwest coast of North America? 6. What kinds of changes were transforming West African agricultural village societies and those of the Iroquois as the fifteenth century dawned? 7. What role did Central Asian and West African pastoralists play in their respective regions? 8. How would you define the major achievements of Ming dynasty China? 9. What political and cultural differences
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Spanish‚ accepting a patrilineal kinship system‚ and defending the Nuevo Mexico from Apaches and Comanches. New France: Fur Traders and Missionaries New France had little migration and few settlers to farm the land so it developed as a fur-acquiring enterprise. 1681- La Salle travelled down the Mississippi River to Louisiana (named after King Louis XIV) trading furs along the way. 1718- Port of New Orleans was founded The Rise of the Iroquois 5 Nations of the Iroquois: Seneca‚ Cayuga‚
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