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What is your least favorite history? Place, era, etc. What interests you the least? I think anyone who loves history finds it all interesting to a certain extent but we all have our favorites.I think Asian history is the least interesting, cant really say why, just not much interest.You?
I find American History from the end of the Civil War to the Spanish-American War least interesting. All I remember about this period from high school is endless discussions of different pieces of legislation and their impact on the economy. I could care less about the Fruitbat Act of 1876 and its effects on fruit production in California in the 1870's and 80's.
Strictly speaking, the Fruitbat Act of 1876 is truely monumental in making CA the state it is today… if you have any doubts stay turned election night and see what I mean. 😉
Strictly speaking, the Fruitbat Act of 1876 is truely monumental in making CA the state it is today... if you have any doubts stay turned election night and see what I mean. 😉
Aren't you talking about the Moonbat Act?Most disinteresting: I agree with scout. The period from the end of Civil War until the Depression is kind of dry in US history (although it was an interesting time in European history).
Reconstruction and the Gilded Age are dry? Say it's not so. 🙂 What about the Banana Republics of the Taft administration? Teddy Roosevelt? What about the Teapot Dome Scandal? Speakeasies? Al Capone? Bonnie and Clyde? The rise of the KKK? (yes the 1920's saw the height of KKK membership). World War I? Wilson's 14 Points? Poncho Villa? Jingoism? Muckraker Journalism? Volstead Act and Prohibition? Need I go on? 🙂
Ooops, sorry Don, my mistake (my timeline was uh..off). From the end of the Civil War until the beginning of WWI was dry in US history.
Aren't you talking about the Moonbat Act?
No that was much later, during the second term of Gov. Brown (the Younger)... Jerry, that is. Or mayhaps his reaction to Younger the Evel ???
When you say dry, what exactly makes this period "dry" for you?
Maybe I just find The Gilded Age dry because there were more interesting and soon to be global things going on in Europe at that time.
I can see that. America was in a period of re-inventing itself as it healed from the Civil War and Reconstruction bitterness. The main show did move back across the pond. 🙂
What is your least favorite history? Place, era, etc. What interests you the least? I think anyone who loves history finds it all interesting to a certain extent but we all have our favorites.I think Asian history is the least interesting, cant really say why, just not much interest.You?
I've been thinking about your question, and it's not easy to answer. I do have a big preference for Western history rather than history of other cultures. I'm not a big fan of African history or the East.As for European/American history, I think that all historical periods have interesting things to learn about. Certain periods have more to offer in terms of significance or memorable events, but I think that history is wide enough to contain very interesting areas of study for pretty much everyone.
What is your least favorite history? Place, era, etc. What interests you the least? I think anyone who loves history finds it all interesting to a certain extent but we all have our favorites.I think Asian history is the least interesting, cant really say why, just not much interest.You?
Let me say it this way: History repeats itself, so all history comes back to bite us on the rear end. While I find history facinating, I shudder knowing our civilization is going down the drain, just like all the rest of stymied cultures that could not find their way to a solution. We still are not sure what happened to Central American civilizations. What will happen to North American cultures? Rudeness and greed preceed the colapse of cultures. Can this be happening here?
Ooops, sorry Don, my mistake (my timeline was uh..off). From the end of the Civil War until the beginning of WWI was dry in US history.
I said from the end of the Civil War until the beiginning of the Spanish-American War. Much more interesting things were happening in Europe during that time. The only thing in America then that interests me is westward expansion and the Indian Wars.
My least favorite history is Early American (Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Toltecs, and Mississippian culture). I did find Hernando Cortes to be a fascinating blip on the historical radar though, but of course that's when Europe involves itself into the picture. 🙂
