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A Revisionist Perspective Of The Election Thomas Jefferson
1,343 wordsConsensus historians paint Thomas Jefferson as the great father of democracy, referring to his election to the presidency as the revolution of 1800. In actuality, Thomas Jefferson was an inconsistent man, who was philosophically against the Federalists, but who did not bring about any significant political or ideological changes during his presidency. Recently, revisionist historians have begun to question the notion of Jefferson as the representative of the common man. Many of these historians ...
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Ku Klux Klan Racial Hatred
2,015 wordsTo define an organization of the Ku Klux Klan is an enigma of many historians. Most historians either take the side of the Ku Klux Klan (a. k. a. the KKK) or as most show how hateful and immoral the KKK were. One is not saying these ideas are wrong or right but both should be heard for one to determine the truth of what the KKK really was and really stood for. Behind the Mask of Chivalry describes how and why the Ku Klux Klan rose in popularity in the 1920 s -- through campaigns over issues perc...
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Books New York Simon And Schuster
1,880 wordsWhen was the Final Solution decided upon and who decided it? One of the most interesting, and widely debated, aspects of the Holocaust is when was the Final Solution and who gave the command for the mass genocide. The command may have come as direct order from Hitler for the extermination of the European Jewry. However the question has been debated, with some historians believing the order perhaps emerge independently from the bureaucracy and ideology of the military. The final solution which ha...
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Physical Science Working Class
1,089 wordsWhen George M. Trevelyan states, "that the analogy of physical sciences has misled many historians, " he is talking about the comparison between physical sciences and the reality that history can never really be a true science. Physical science is inevitable and can be proven through data and experiment. There is nothing on the planet that can prove history through data and experiment. When physical science occurs, there is a cause and affect that concurs with the meaning of the happening and wh...
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First World War Britain And Germany
2,152 wordsWorld War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persist...
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Twenty Five Years War For Independence
3,263 wordsOne must decide the meaning of "progressive historiography. " It can mean either the history written by "progressive historians, " or it can mean history written by historians of the Progressive era of American history and shortly after. The focus that was chosen for this paper is more in keeping with the latter interpretation, if for no other reason than it provides a useful compare-and-contrast "control" literature. The caveat is this: the focus of this report is on the predominant question of...
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Albert Speer Differing Historical Interpretations
895 wordsThey are many factors influencing the different historical interpretations of Albert Speer. The most influential was Speers own character construction of himself in his defence at the Nuremberg trials. This view was held by a majority of historians until Matthias Schmidt found holes in Speers story. A large blow was dealt to Speers own construction of his role in Nazi Germany when the Walters chronicles were released containing various incriminating evidence. There are still a number of historia...
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European History York Times
2,192 words... along out the word nicht which means not, Abraham transforms a negative position to a positive one. Reach had actually written that he did not wish to create a point of crystallization between the bourgeois right and the NSDAP. Did errors like these prove intent, and thereby justify Feldman's accusations of fraud? Lawrence Stone, Dodge Professor of History at Princeton, disagrees with Feldman's belief that good historians do not make mistakes: When you work in the archives, youre far from ho...
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Art Theories And Influence On Artists
1,841 wordster> Essay Question: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and / or art critics or historians Practice in art refers to the decisions and actions that affect choices, perceptions, ways of working and views of an artist or art historian. Tim Storrier sums up the practice of an artist by saying that A painting is really a graphic illustration of where a particular artist is at that point in his life and the art encompasses what the artist has gone through in th...
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Of European Invasion Upon The Aboriginals Frontier
1,372 words... r own hands, laws became blatantly disregarded and often violence towards the Aboriginal people was the outcome. Consequently reports of violence from the frontier, especially reports from those in isolated areas often appeared to be more outrageous than the violence which occurred closer to government protected settlements. Windschuttle argues that there were 118 plausible Aboriginal deaths at the hands of whites. British colonists killed very few Aborigines in Van Diemens Land. (Windschutt...
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First World War Economic And Political
1,719 wordsWord Count: 3298 On 2 March, 1917, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in favour of his brother Michael (1). With the stepping down of the Tsar, the autocratic regime that had ruled since the inception of Russia many hundreds of years earlier came to a final end, replaced by a provisional government that was itself to be replaced shortly with communists that held power until 1991. The downfall of the autocracy in Russia was undoubtedly one of the most important events of the twentieth century. It is no s...
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President Of The United States Andrew Jackson
1,837 wordsAndrew Jackson A major part of modern historians consider Andrew Jackson the greatest President of the United States who made valuable contribution into development of the U. S. government. While most of them agree that he made a lot of successful changes, some historians examine his failures together with his successes. Some historians have argued that because Andrew Jacksons reforms were untimely, whereas some of them have countered that position by demonstrating that Andrew Jacksons politicia...
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First World War Socio Political
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Liberal Society Social Revolution
1,797 wordsConsensus Historians The Consensus Historians Historiography Consensus Historians The consensus view of History emerged in the United States in 1950 until its eventual dismiss in 1965. Consensus historians emerged in a time period when there were not many consensuses in the United States (Novick pg. 333). The historians of the era knew of the turmoil and felt that they needed to focus their attention on what united America and not what brought the country down. At this time there were three infl...
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Books New York Final Solution
1,904 wordsWhen was the? Final Solution? decided upon and who decided it? One of the most interesting, and widely debated, aspects of the Holocaust is when was the? Final Solution? and who gave the command for the mass genocide. The command may have come as direct order from Hitler for the extermination of the European Jewry. However the question has been debated, with some historians believing the order perhaps emerge independently from the bureaucracy and ideology of the military. The? final solution? wh...
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Income Per Capita 18 Th And 19
2,132 wordsHas The Retardation Theis Been Overthrown By Has The Retardation Theis Been Overthrown By Recent, Mainly Cliometric Historians? The retardation thesis postulates that, during the 18 th and 19 th centuries, France failed to take advantage of the economic opportunities available to it. ? Traditionally historians looked to the English industrial revolution and compared its features, as well as the preceding political, social and economic conditions, with those of France. ? By looking at the differe...
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Chinese Communist Party Freedom Of Speech
3,365 wordsAfter Deng Xiaoping gained power in 1978, a new political atmosphere was promised for the Chinese people. A promise of a free land with a modern economic state was made by Deng in order to gain public support. During Deng's reign, a series of economic reforms were made. These reforms had major impacts on both the economy and the society of China. Although it has been argued that Deng was leading a totalitarian regime, historians tend to overlook the idea that the Chinese have different ideologie...
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History Of England Annales Cambriae
1,431 wordsClodfelter 1 Christopher Clodfelter English 201 Mr. Miller February 14, 1999 King Arthur, an Enduring Legend The mystical references to Arthur and his adventures are dated in literature in some form for over 1400 years, verifying the enduring appeal of this romantic character. Since the beginnings of the English language there have been legends of great heroes. The first settlements of Britain produced stories rooted in ancient Celtic and Germanic imagination; of the many, Arthur is undoubtedly ...
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Annales Cambriae King Arthur
1,314 wordsClodfelter 1 Christopher Clodfelter English 201 Mr. Miller February 14, 1999 King Arthur, an Enduring Legend The mystical references to Arthur and his adventures are dated in literature in some form for over 1400 years, verifying the enduring appeal of this romantic character. Since the beginnings of the English language there have been legends of great heroes. The first settlements of Britain produced stories rooted in ancient Celtic and Germanic imagination; of the many, Arthur is undoubtedly ...
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History Of England Annales Cambriae
1,437 wordsThe mystical references to Arthur and his adventures are dated in literature in some form for over 1400 years, verifying the enduring appeal of this romantic character. Since the beginnings of the English language there have been legends of great heroes. The first settlements of Britain produced stories rooted in ancient Celtic and Germanic imagination; of the many, Arthur is undoubtedly preeminent. The earliest known description of Arthur? s noble endeavors was written by Gildas, (ca. 490 - 540...
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