February 15, 2018
(1750-1914)
Problem Of Eurocentrism:
Eurocentrism is the focus on European ideals and having Europe as the center of all ideas. There is no secret here, most ideas all around the world obviously take place after Europe. Even in many history classes, we focus mainly on Europe’s history and developments. Students in China will usually learn mostly about Chinese history over any other country so it would make sense if European students did the same exact thing. But why are we learning mostly about European history and taught to think with a European perspective? This is the issue of Eurocentrism. Europe is the center for most societies and it is a recurring problem in the modern world. We see Europeans as better and want to be like them.
Echoes Of Atlantic Revolutions:
Strayer describes the Atlantic Revolutions as “echoing” across the Atlantic Ocean. This term is a metaphor describing the Atlantic Revolutions taking place one after another due to inspiration and influence.
It began with the North American Revolution and then soon “echoed” and caused the French Revolution to happen. Soon after those, we saw the Haitian Revolution and then finally the Spanish Revolution. After these global revolutions, many people were inspired to make change and various movements then took place. Some of these movements were the Civil War, Brazil and Cuba abolishing slavery, ending the slave trade, women gaining rights, etc. All of these movements were crucial in our history and were caused by they Atlantic Revolutions. These echoes of revolutions gave people hope for change to occur and led to significant movements.
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