#historicalperspective — Public Fediverse posts

A reflective look at what each generation left behind, from culture to conflict to progress, and how those inheritances shaped the world we live in today.
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/about-your-inheritance-46ee9acef419

#GenerationalHistory #AmericanCulture #SocialChange #HistoricalPerspective #CulturalInheritance #climatechange
#Boomers #Pollution #History #AmericanHistory

A reflective look at what each generation left behind, from culture to conflict to progress, and how those inheritances shaped the world we live in today.
#GenerationalHistory #AmericanCulture #SocialChange #HistoricalPerspective #CulturalInheritance #climatechange #Boomers
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/about-your-inheritance-46ee9acef419

How Ancient People Saw Themselves

https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/how-ancient-people-saw-themselves

#HackerNews #AncientHistory #SelfPerception #CulturalIdentity #HistoricalPerspective

Does a Focus on Royalty Obscure British History?

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/does-focus-royalty-obscure-british-history

#HackerNews #Royalty #BritishHistory #HistoryDebate #HistoricalPerspective #RoyalFamily

San Francisco before the Tech industry

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/episode-3-francine-prose

#HackerNews #SanFrancisco #TechHistory #BeforeTechIndustry #UrbanCulture #HistoricalPerspective

In this new Historical Perspective, Ken S. Toyama describes how the original definition of Rensch's rule, which has been overlooked for decades, can impact the way we study sexual dimorphism. Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735583

#renschsRule #sexualDimorphism #dimorphism #historicalPerspective

Medieval Fogge: In Defence of the Middle Ages

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/medieval-fogge-defence-middle-ages

#HackerNews #MedievalHistory #MiddleAges #HistoryToday #Fogge #DefenseOfHistory #HistoricalPerspective

PSA: Following @auschwitzmuseum can help folks keep current political trends in perspective.
#Fascism #Politics #Trends #PoliticalTrends #History #HistoricalTrends #HistoricalPerspective #Nazi #Nazis #Nazism
https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/114414533079824790

📊 NEW BLOG: Understanding Checks and Balances - How America's system of constitutional safeguards is designed to prevent power concentration, and why these guardrails are under pressure today. This is part 3 of our "Democracy Under Pressure" series examining concerning authoritarian trends. Read the full analysis at https://open.substack.com/pub/twistedtri/p/understanding-checks-and-balances?r=5gqk2l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#DemocracyMatters #ConstitutionalRights
#Democracy #HistoricalPerspective #CivicEngagement #riseup #handsoff

Was Clements wrong? Resasco et al. revisit the Clements and Gleason debate with plant distributions from Pikes Peak, Clements’s life-long study site. Read this new historical perspective now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/732808

#historicalPerspective #plant #PikesPeak #Clements #plantDistributions

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-27-2024?r=2nggq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
As always, Heather Cox Richardson provides excellent insight of American history on today’s society.
@hc_richardson
#historicalperspective
#ruleoflaw