I looked at an article from a German website. The article discusses the friendship between Germany and Israel today and the prospects of that friendship lasting into the future. The article is relevant to the prompt of “how did ‘x’ nationality” feel about the creation of Israel because it addresses that issue multiple times in…
12. Revisionism as denial
Carter Man: Book Burning and Revisionism as Denial
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The article I read comes from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s website and discusses book burning in Nazi Germany. The author begins by discussing how book burning in Germany had its start in the nineteenth century, when nationalist students of a divided Germany pushed for German unification by burning books deemed “un-German.” The author…
11. Going to the moon
Carter Man: Logsdon Alternative View to the Space Race
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The Logsdon article I read argues that the Apollo missions were motivated by national security. Despite Hodgson’s offering of an alternative view to the space race, he still seems to agree with the traditional narrative the space race was conducted as a general competition between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., at least at times. He does…
10. Cold War and space program
Space Race: Gale online article
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I looked at a Gale article that provided a broad yet informative overview of the space race. It explained the space race as a competition between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in the context of the Cold War. The author claims the space race was important to the superpowers because of its ideological impact and national…
09. Types of historiography
Historiography: Carter Man
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The article I looked at takes a unique approach to the Battle of Britain by looking at it from a socioeconomic perspective. The author discusses how conditions of poverty built up prior to the war, creating a sense of destitution among the British people. But once the Battle of Britain begun, the British came together…
08. Rural electrification
Rural Electrification Contemporary View: Carter Man
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I looked at newdeal.feri.org to gain a basic understanding of the traditional view of rural electrification in the United States. According to the article, 90% of city dwellers had electricity by the 1930s compared to just 10% of people living in rural areas. It wasn’t convenient for utility companies to build power lines in rural…
07. Different national perspectives
British Perspective vs German Perspective in the Battle of Britain: Carter Man
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I am writing my papers on the Battle of Britain. Most historians agree that the British won the Battle of Britain, I have yet to find one argue otherwise. The biggest variation in interpretations of the Battle of Britain is the nature of the victory. The big question is whether the British did more to…
06. War of 1812
War of 1812: Canadian Perspective. Carter Man
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To summarize the CBS video, the War of 1812 was a victory for the Canadians, a forgotten war for the British and Americans, and a defeat for the Native Americans. According to the video, Canada won because it successfully defended itself and its values from invaders. For Britain, the war was largely forgotten because the…
05. Women and household technology
Carter Man: Women and Household Appliances
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I watched a twenty minute advertisement from Imperial appliances. The video showed a wide variety of household appliances, but focused mostly on the kitchen. As far as these technologies’ relationships with women are concerned, only the first part of the video is significant. The second half is basically just a description of the various refrigerators…
05. Women and household technology
Carter Man: Imperial Household Appliances
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I watched a twenty minute advertisement from Imperial appliances. The video showed a wide variety of household appliances, but focused mostly on the kitchen. As far as these technologies’ relationships with women are concerned, only the first part of the video is significant. The second half is basically just a description of the various refrigerators…