To Prepare For The Future, We Must Understand the Past
Public debate often questions whether history still matters. Government papers speak of "social fabric" based on a shared understanding of the past, yet funding for historical study continues to shrink. The contradiction...
note from the wildernet: I've been exploring how the narratives I learned in my high school history classes may have been flawed. What was it actually like to live during the ramp up and height of the Industrial revolution?
Discussions
- "Everything was shitty in the past"
For years, my general understanding of history was basically summarized by "Everything was shitty in the past. Women died young in childbirth. Children died young. Workers were exploited. Industrialists treated their workers like slaves. Everyone was unhappy, unhealthy, stupid…