To complete question #42 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, Southeast Asia, Oceania, or Latin America)
- MLA Citation
- Concise (no more than 5 sentences) summary that includes a clear thesis statement
Europe
ReplyDeleteBrendon, Pers. "The Last of the Great Press Barons?" History Today Sept. 2011: 3-4. Print.
This article focused on the scandal involving Rupert Murdoch, his father, and Murdoch's reaction to the whole problem. Murdoch stood against the parliamentary and admitted to phone-hacking with the help of the News of the World. While admitting this crime, Murdoch made a small tribute to his father, Sir Keith Murdoch. Keith Murdoch was involved in the failings of the News Corporation. Although, Murdoch attempted to sound like an honest man in front of the parliament he was lying about the whole situation. Murdoch's father was a dictator in the business world and he bullied politicians on social media; in the end, Rupert Murdoch received many of his father's characteristics.
Downing, Taylor. "A Record to Bragg About." History Today 63.12 (2013): 18-21. Print.
ReplyDelete" A Record to Bragg About" by Taylor Downing talks about William Lawrence Bragg, and his law on diffraction of X-rays by crystals. The article also goes on to state that Bragg majored in Physics, and eventually led him to formulate the principle of sound ranging. Due to excellent work in the field of physics, William L. Bragg was awarded the Nobel Peace prize at age 25, making him the youngest person awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jones, Nigel. "Blood, Theft, and Arrears." HistoryToday Oct. 2011: 10-16. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article explains that Colonel Thomas Blood was able to steal the Crown Jewels successfully from Charles II in Europe, because of his close partnership with George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, the help of an actress, a few comrades, and the King himself. It is said that Blood had a problem with the monarchy early in his time, and since he was already known as a thief, the stealing of the Crown Jewels was well planned but not successful. He managed to get a hold of most of them, but he and his comrades were caught before they could get away. However, Blood and his friends were never truly punished; it is believed that either the King himself asked Blood to steal the Crown Jewels, or he took Blood's thievery as rascal-like and decided not to punish him.
Corfield, Penelope J. "Our Island Stories." History Today Nov. 2012: 52-53.
ReplyDeleteThis article describes the violent history of the United Kingdom and how it should be presented to children in school. When the kids reach a certain age, they should all be enlighten with the fascinating, although brutal, history of one of the worlds most powerful empires. Corfield writes that the wide expansion of Britain could cause racial tension between students. Penelope Corfield believes that we need to set down the race barrier because there are foreign genes in almost all of our blood, she guses the mayor of London as an example because of his Turkish ancestry.
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ReplyDeleteThompson, Todd M. "Making Modern Libya." History Today 12 Dec. 2011: 49-55. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the Middle eastern country, Libya, and its history leading up to the modern Libya. Libya was under Italian control from 1911 to 1942. The people of Libya became increasingly irritated towards the Italians near the end of the occupancy in the 1930s because the Italians became more controlling. Idris, a popular exiled politician of Libya, had met with expert in Guerrilla Warfare to plan how to overthrow the Italians and regain power in Libya. With the help of the British through a Christian missionary, Norman Anderson who helped the British become a part of the coup because of his fluent Arabic, the coup was successful.
Grady, Tim. “Germany’s Jewish Soldiers.” History Today Nov. 2011: 39-45. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the cultural region of Europe. Specifically it involves Germany's annual Day of National Mourning, Jewish Soldiers, and World War I. The article mostly talks about Volkstrauertag, the Day of Mourning, which is where Jewish cemeteries are hosts of many ceremonies. The article then goes on to talk about Jewish soldier's part in WWI and what they did. Last the article talks about how this is not ceremonies for the victims of WWII and the Holocausts but it is remembering the Jewish soldiers from WWI.
Moorhouse, Roger. "Germany" ["Germany"]. History Today Mar. 2012: 20-25. Print.
ReplyDeleteThe article "Germania" in History Today focusses on Hitler. The article
starts off with explaining about how Hitler gave his architect, Albert
Speer, the task of transforming Berlin from the sprawling metropolis that
it was into Germania. The article then further explains about how so little
of Germania was completed and only of a fraction of it remains. Also it
explains how the sketches of Germania centered on a grand boulevard which was suppose to be seven kilometers.
Cavendish, Richard. "Joan of Arc Born at Dormremy." History Today Jan. 2012: 8. Print. Europe
ReplyDeleteDuring the early 15th century Joan of Arc commanded the french military and defeated the English in many battles. As a young girl, Joan of Arc claimed to hear voices and see saints ordering her to defeat the English. At the age of 17 she convinced the French nobles to let her lead an attack against the English. She dressed like a man and helped the French win many battles against England. The English eventually caught and burned her alive when she was 19.
"A Sobering Look at Boozy Britain." HistoryToday Apr. 2012: 44. Print.
ReplyDeleteIn order to lower the consumption of alcohol, that was so popular in Britain, acts like the licensing act in 1552 were made, which had little effect. When the government discouraged French brandy by encouraging the sale of gin, it led to a huge increase in the consumption of gin. In order to stop this "plage" of gin drinking, the government raise taxes on gin and required distributors to buy an expensive licenses; which worked until the people started buying it illegally. This act caused the poor too fall deeper into poverty and caused bad behavior in this society which even got some people to drink just in protest; therefore it was repealed which ended the Gin craze. Some theorists believe this alcohol addiction in British is genetic, meaning British societies have a natural drive for being drunk, but others say that large-scale alcohol consumption is a result from social pressures and cultural crisis.
Bloom, Clive. "Teenage Rampage." History Today July 2014: 38-39. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about riots in English seaside towns in 1964 that caused a shift in values. The two groups involved in the fights were the mods and the rockers, who each had different views on life. The fights lasted several days and many of the teens in each group were arrested. The press in England were very angry about the fights occurring because the fighting made the town look disgraceful. The overall significance of this event was the first expression of the by-boomer generation and a growing British counter-culture.
Africa
ReplyDeleteBose, Mihir. "India's Wildest Dream." History Today June 2014: 3-5. Print.
The article "India's Wildest Dream" talks about how the Great War raised hopes of Indian independence, but it will take another bad situation to make it real. India played a good allie for many countries, including helping conquer Iraq. The british however, thought that not all indians were capable of being soldiers, therefore they broke them into two groups, the martial and non-martial races. All in all, it will take another war, in order for India to finally achieve their own independence.
Sub-Saharan Africa
ReplyDeleteDamen, Jos. "Dutch Letters from Ghana." History Today Aug. 2012: 47-52. Print.
This article, "Dutch Letters from Ghana", helps people understand the relations between the Netherlands and Ghana during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It talks about two different men from different centuries and excerpts from letters and poems they have read and wrote. Through these topics, it goes on to talk about the slavery trading between Africa and the Netherlands.
Wilson, Derek. "Queen Isabella: A Gothic Tale." History Today May 2012: 26-32.
ReplyDeletePrint. This article discusses the play, “Queen Isabella: A Gothic Tale,” which revolves around
Queen Isabella, who at the age of thirteen is shipped from France to marry
King Edward of Wales. However, she soon discovers that he is not kingly
material and that he lacks character. Over time, she decides that he is not
suited to be king. One day, he is captured and secretly killed. She
remarries later on, and he is also captured and killed.
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ReplyDeleteDuBois, Thomas. "Asia and the Old World Order." HistoryToday Mar. 2013: 12-19.Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article first says that many people are predicting that the 21st century will be the "Asian century" for power. It would not be very different from the global order of the 19th century if this is true. It talks about how Asia became the center of attention for nations around the world after Japan beat China in a war starting in 1894. After this war Japan was recognized as Asia's supreme power. Asia started to expand in trade and there were labor movements from all over Asia into South-east Asia.
Article Black, Jeremy. "Napoleon and Europe." History Today 48.1: n. pag. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about the effect that Napoleon had on Europe. The article talks about how Napoleon grew up. Also, the article talks about how Napoleon was a great leader. But is also talks about how he strived to make Europe a great a modern state.
Middle East
ReplyDeleteMcHugo, John. "Syria: Caught in a Trap." History Today July 2013: 3-4. Print.
Syria's present-day barbarity is not all to be blamed on Syria itself. The president of Syria, Bashard al-Assad, is the "child" of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Cold War. Both of these events were detrimental to Syria, although they were not started by Syria. Syria had only been an independent country for two years when Israel was proclaimed a country. The conflict after Israel's independence lead Syria's democracy to devastation.
Sparks, Mary. "The Good Woman of Sarajevo." History Today Dec. 2013: 21-26. Print.
ReplyDeleteRegion: Europe
This article talks about a woman named Milena Mrazovic, who is described to be extremely remarkable. During the period of Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia, she was living and working on Sarajevo. It also describes her many accomplishments in impacting the social and cultural life of the city. The author claims Mrazovic deserves to be more widely for her contributions to modern Sarajevo.
Legg, Paul. "Its Over! Over! Over!" ["1954 World Cup"]. History Today July 2014:
ReplyDelete40-47. Print.
Europe.
One Game , the start to a process of rehabilitation for a country battered by war. It was 1954 when West Germany took home the gold and was pronounced champions of the world , this along with country wide pride and joy came with a host of chain reactions. Among these were the growing tension between east and west germany and the riots in Hungary for the overtaking of soccer supremacy established by the hungarians.