Leah Harman

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Read the new publication of our teammate @jsdariorivera in Medium 🤓. An interesting point of view about software design! 👇

https://t.co/HAVHxg1QbP

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Hey people! We have new version (0.2.2)! What have we done? 🔍

-Added new visualization: Team points by Time 🚀
-Changed card and footer style (new brand)
-Now the software recommends repos at first view 🧐
-The search bar only autocompletes repos with PRs ⛲

Feedback below? 👇

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B To what extent is it important to criticize published history such as Gaddis' book? How do these criticisms/reviews affect how history is taught?

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Judt's critiques illustrate the "decidedly partial viewpoint" in Gaddis' explanation of Cold War history. His narrative provides an overwhelmingly American centered engagement with big-power politics, without considering wild and international histories.

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 How does the periodization and scope of the Vietnam conflict change when you remove the limitation of American involvement? #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 The immense ego of the US government contributed to ignorance towards the war and its global repercussions. Military failure led the gov to brush the war under the rig of history; it was the government's attempt to regain American pride that was in place before Vietnam #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 The CIA Report describes "youthful dissidence" as the "optimism of the anarchists" and illustrates that "Leaders+Issues = Followers." Are these same tendencies portrayed in protests around the country today? (Gun control, Black Lives Matter, etc) #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 The issue of population control treads the line of morality: is it immoral to restrict people's abilities to reproduce; or to allow humans to reproduce to the point of overpopulation/exhaustion of resources (potentially leading to human extinction)? #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 While there have been efforts to control the world's population, as described by Connelly, it continues to rise. Will there ever be a way to effectively control human reproduction enough to decrease the global population? Is that a international goal? #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 I think Burn's/Novick's choice to exclude professional historians in their documentary was an advantageous decision. In doing so, the witnesses voices would not be overshadowed by those who merely read about the events in Vietnam, as opposed to experiencing them. #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 2) It is very important to understand the history of big power politics as it has large effects on international policy, but "wild history" provides bottom-up perspectives that need to be considered in order to comprehensively understand an event. #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 How does Parker's argument regarding the Eisenhower administration's position on colonialism during the Bandung Conference compare to Connelly's commentary about Western involvement in anti colonial conflicts during the Algerian War for Independence? #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 Connelly's effort to examine the Cold War world through anti-colonialism and nationalism in the "Third Word" offers a new perspective, but is limited because he downplays the undeniable concerns of communism within the Eisenhower administration and the Western world. #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 How did bestializing the Japanese contribute to American perception of their Pacific "enemy"? #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 Dower's description of how Japanese people were perceived by Americans is interesting when considering the two theaters of war. Germany adopted an "exterminationsist" mentality towards Jews, but the US held a similar view towards the Japanese. #HIST209B

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B WWI set the stage for global decolonization, yet Wilson's idealism led to empty words and false hopes, which in turn spurred a sense of new nationalism. How did this nationalism shape the interwar years? How did this affect the success/failure of the League of Nations?

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B Manela's "Wilsonian Moment" provides a unique perspective to the promises of America's wartime leader and how they were globally received. This framework is useful in discussing the reality of self-determination - coming from a nation's people, not the world's powers.

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 It is no argument that building the Panama Canal caused a multitude of moral, racial and political issues, but it also changed economy and trade on a global scale, forever. Did the ends justify the means in creating one of the modern wonders of the world?

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@miamcfarland13 @HISTSpring2018 #HIST209B The racial hierarchy during the Panama Canal construction is a huge ethical concerns. The Gold and Silver system allowed American and European workers more opportunities and control over the project, exacerbating the dynamic between laborers and engineers.

[Leah Harman @HarmanHist209]

@HISTSpring2018 The illustration of US officials executing young Filipino boys just over the age of 10 is haunting. It starkly contrasts America's public portrayal of events in the Philippines; were we saviors of the needy or murderers of the innocent? #HIST209B