HISTORY 7B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Nast, Economic Inequality, President Of The United States
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Story of how our present world came to be what it is: series of stories and narrratives, inherently different about the past, politics, economy, and culture are different in the past. Ex- diff clothes in 1865 and 2015; small things signify bigger changes. Study the roots of our world- how did then change into now: what continues to shape now. Historians revise the narratives by adding new knowledge through research: historians try to figure out best narrative/story that accounts for the evidence present, framing and presenting the best stories that explain current. How to frame stories- this is what we learn in history. From abolition of slavery to age of obama: struggles over and changes in identity markers (race, gender, ethnicity, religion, personal and group struggles in politics, culture, economy, society, not just race- also about the meaning of racism. Huge change over time- ex) harper"s racist cartoon by thomas. Nast no longer mass racism in media.
