Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444 AD) is regarded as the central figure in early Renaissance efforts to refine the form and function of classical writing. In particular‚ Bruni’s monumental History of the Florentine People is often singled as an exemplary work. As both the “public historiographer” and Chancellor of Florence‚ it became his duty to produce histories to not only reexamine the past‚ but also to help stimulate feelings of public spirit and civic pride. Largely relying on Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
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single school (ranging from elementary‚ middle‚ or high schools; even including universities). Unfortunately‚ what they teach in history might not always be exactly what happened. Sometimes inaccurate accounts of past history are due to bias in historiography. Most often this can be due to a historian’s bias of favoring one side of the story because agrees with their personal‚ cultural‚ or just general interests. To give a specific example on the issue‚ Howard Zinn‚ an American historian‚ stated this
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Postcoloniality and Subaltern Studies Postcoloniality and subaltern studies are studies done regarding a specific culture influenced by colonialism but the perspective in which they are done is different. Postcoloniality study by definition is a specifically post-modern intellectual dissertation that consists of reactions to‚ and analysis of‚ the cultural effects of colonialism. Subaltern studies on the other hand is the analysis of the dimensions of colonialism and how it affected cultures but
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In 1986‚ a new Barcelona pavilion was built on the site of the 1929 German Pavilion. That decade also marked the 150th anniversary of photography and the centenary of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe. Since then‚ much has been published about all three jointly and singly‚ more than doubling the combined literature on Mies from the preceding seven decades. Barcelona pavilion challenge the conventional boundaries of historical analysis. Moreover‚ the fundamental influence for multiple generations of architects
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Book review Soviet Fates and Lost alternatives – Stephen F. Cohen As Stephen Cohen states in the introduction‚ Soviet Fates and lost alternatives was written out of a personal fascination for alternative roads that ’could have been’ the path of history. Cohen’s approach is indeed personal as he tries to show that the communist party consisted (and always has consisted) of people‚ and not out of a fixed idea. People shape history‚ not economical- political- or other crises. And to every person
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atomic destruction remains a historical uncertainties and ethical dilemmas. The use of atomic bombs marked forever the relationship between the US and Japan‚ and the controversy over the use of atomic weapons will no doubt continue indefinitely. Historiography and comments on the issue are gigantic. Each generation of Americans and Japanese revisited the issue‚ and the following will no doubt continue. Indeed‚ the moral justification for the destruction of two Japanese cities is clear and final. This
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Trask‚ Haunani-Kay‚ From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai‘i‚ revised edition (Honolulu: UH Press‚ 1999) Trask’s object of study is the historical and contemporary American popular conception of Hawaii‚ Native Hawaiians‚ and Native Hawaiian issues‚ such as rights‚ sovereignty‚ tourism‚ and institutional racism. Trask primarily interrogates the issues of colonialism‚ neocolonialism‚ and sovereignty in Hawai‘i and how these debates are framed in disparate contexts/around
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Ahmed Al Meghalawy 29263383 HIST 397 Z Response “Digging Up the Dead” In Digging up the Dead‚ Michael Kammen shows how the essential peace and permanency of a last resting place at first evaded various outstanding Americans. Kammen summons convincing inquiries concerning the politicization of reburying the absolute most popular Americans ever. Crossing an extensive timetable starting with legends of the Revolutionary War‚ his colossal study incorporates a diverse cast of noteworthy figures. From
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the things were. basing on the things that had been found also. One of the things that the historians did‚ they constantly criticize‚ correct and supplement other historian point of view‚ they get closer to the truth arguing with one another. Historiography reminds you that history is not a closed book‚ is a reminder that there is always something to argue in history‚ it make us think or see what was before everything‚ the changes that have been in the growth of America‚ politics changes‚ racial
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For the article on the war itself‚ see World War I. Personifications of Germany‚ France‚ Russia‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the United Kingdom attempting to keep the lid on the simmering cauldron of imperialist and nationalist tensions in the Balkans to prevent a general European war. They were successful in 1912 and 1913 but did not succeed in in 1914. The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in late July 1914 and finished in 1918‚ included many factors‚ such as the conflicts and
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