Seth > Recent Status Updates

Just finished Ch.3 and the war is about to begin. Focus shifting away from political prisoners and “undesirables” to Jews as the majority Nazi target for camps. Interesting to see the ramp up of anti Semitism after the Paris murder. Just an interesting set of events happen after the KLs were starting to slow down, a shooting by a Jew just occurs. Would Kristallnacht have happened if not?

About done with chapter 2 today. Still talking about prewar camps. I didn’t know how complex the systems were. Prewar camps are not talked about as much so there is some new information for me.

Introducing the book

Learning about the different alliances prior to WWI in chapters one and two.

Week 4+5 reading done. More changes in sexual relations. Mid to late 19th Medicine regulated women more, but also could allow them more freedom. Such as abortions and contraception access.

Week 4 reading done. Psychohistory and annales History.

Week 4 reading done. About independent Venezuela, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Week 4 reading done. Talked about nic 1 and his reforms and reform regression. Russian intellectuals and nobles came into conflict. Too many people became educated through their education reforms, the government felt and now these serfs could form their own ideas. However most circles were mainly made up of nobles. Lots of people educated in Russia now however.

Week 2 reading done. Talked about Marxist perspective on history. The study of the working class in history.

Week 3 reading done. Talked about how sexuality changed after the American Revolution. More freedoms for sex. Individualism was pushed to the forefront. Separation of church and state after revolution. State becomes the “father” of the country. Advances in technology, printing press. Medical advances, contraception, sexual studies.

Week 3 reading done. Talked about the importance of separation of the history and the historian. History should be written from the evidence of primary sources. Small intro on how the study of history came about and how they would go about doing it. Good start to the book.

Week 3 reading finished. About Decemberists, nic1, and his reforms. Really dry.

Week 2 reading done. Introducing the book and the topic. Also gave background info.

Week 2 reading done. Talking about relationships with FN and colonizers. Marriage and family life.

Week 2 reading done. This was about Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Paul I, and Alexander I. Talked about the war with Napoleon and how it affected Russian foreign and domestic policies and reforms.

Good read so far