HIUS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Foot Binding, No Authority, Lakota People
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Hius 131 lecture 7 the world colombian exhibition, 1893. Introduction: 5 years after haymarket riot, 1 year after chinese exclusion act permanent, 1 year before pullman. Strike, during severe economic depression that was creating rural unrest. Lesson so powerful that the people would take it away and teach it to their children: u a(cid:374)d uk(cid:859)s progress to(cid:449)ard perfe(cid:272)tio(cid:374, evolution of humanity from savagery -> barbarism -> civilization, with apex of civilization being us. Inferior races a living history/representation of savage state that white people had advanced beyond. Focal point was court of honor: ho(cid:374)or, a(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to (cid:1005)(cid:1013)th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tur(cid:455) di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ar(cid:455), (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t (cid:858)(cid:373)a(cid:374)l(cid:455)(cid:859) Ideal types represented by two statues, one student from harvard and one student from radcliffe: celebrated na schools, na, if properly taught, could be moved from savagery to civilization. Students from carlisle indian school were brought to perform. Masculinity: exhibits of fair were marked as big and manly.
