HIST 124 Study Guide - Final Guide: Baby Boom, Dialectic, New Left
21 Apr 2016
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Week i: an introduction to term ii social history. Focused on the importance of interweaving the political, economic and social spheres when studying and discussing history. Week ii: the great white north - the historical roots of whiteness. Focused on macdonald"s mission of making the aryan race the dominant one in canada and the actions he took to eliminate existing multiculturalism, native americans struggle as more white europeans came to bc but never rivaled. Focused on deskilling workers to increase productions in a factory and how capitalism exploited working-class citizens. Also focused on the various resistance/protest movements that advocated for worker"s rights, fight for nine hour work days, breaks. Focused on the importance of drinking to social life and the political and social consequences of prohibition. Focused on the meaning of sex and the government"s attempt to criminalize deviant sexual acts. Introduced the idea of historical memory and how the government tried to project certain connotations of the battle of.
