Human cycles: History as science

Sometimes, history really does seem to repeat itself. After the US Civil War, for example, a wave of urban violence fuelled by ethnic and class resentment swept across the country, peaking in about 1870. Internal strife spiked again in around 1920, when race riots, workers' strikes and a surge of anti-Communist feeling led many people to think that revolution was imminent. And in around 1970, unrest crested once more, with violent student demonstrations, political assassinations, riots and terrorism (see 'Cycles of violence'). To Peter Turchin, who studies population dynamics at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, the appearance of three peaks of political instability at roughly 50-year intervals is not a coincidence. For the past 15 years, Turchin has been taking the mathematical techniques that once allowed him to track predator–prey cycles in forest ecosystems, and applying them to human history. From ecology to history Endless cycles Global trends

History's Most influential people ranked by wiki reach This article was taken from the November 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. This infographic reveals the world's most influential people, born before 1950, using data from all language editions of Wikipedia. Rankings are based on parameters such as the number of language editions in which that person has a page, and the number of people known to speak those languages (L/BN). Using this quantitative approach, Hidalgo is now testing hypotheses such as whether cultural development is structured or random. View the full-size image in our gallery

Retronaut - See history. History Major The History Major is divided into a core program, six geographical concentrations, and a series of electives. You will be required to first complete the core program (HIST101 through HIST104), which is designed to provide you with a broad, comparative overview of world history and equip you with the tools you will need to conduct historical research and utilize primary sources for historical analysis. You will then take HIST201 through HIST212 as well as two additional 200-level courses with a non-western geographical concentration (Latin and South America, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, East Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa). These specialized courses will familiarize you with specific historical events and trends within each of these geographical sub-fields. To fulfill the requirements for this major, you must complete the core program (4 courses), 6 geographical concentration courses (6 courses), and 3 300-level electives of your choice (3 courses) for a total of 13 courses.

A moving story: with afterword - Jocelyn Cohn and James Frey In 2012, workers at a small moving company in New York City rose up against bad pay and dangerous work conditions. In the course of the struggle, much was revealed about how exploitation operates; how the enticements of 'self-expression' and a 'laid back' atmosphere serve to weaken consciousness and collective action. At the same time, this history reveals the opportunities and limits that workers face within self-organized struggles in a small business format. In the Summer of 2012 the exploited workers at Rabbit Movers autonomously organized our shop and began the fight for control over the conditions of our lives. “They Just Run Us Into The Ground...” Our struggle was born in the cabs of box trucks all over the city. Work in our shop comes in a pattern of feast or famine. “My Mover Has Read Goethe!” We have all worked plenty of “shit jobs” before and came to this company with no illusions about the nature of precarious work in the present day. “My mover has read Goethe!”

HIST 102: World History II - Download free content from Harrisburg Area Community College BEFORE THEY PASS AWAY The purity of humanity exists. It is there in the mountains, the ice fields, the jungle, along the rivers and in the valleys. Jimmy Nelson found the last tribesmen and observed them. He smiled and drank their mysterious brews before taking out his camera. He shared what real people share: vibrations, invisible but palpable. He adjusted his antenna to the same frequency as theirs. There is a pure beauty in their goals and family ties, their belief in gods and nature, and their will to do the right thing in order to be taken care of when their time comes. ‘’In 2009, I planned to become a guest of 31 secluded and visually unique tribes. Elegant and evocative portraits created with a 4x5 camera. THE BOOK - XXL LIMITED EDITION 500 exclusive and numbered copies of this XXL book, offered in a sumptuous clamshell box, showcased on a custom-made transparent book holder and containing three autographed art prints. Purchase›

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