Hamilton | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2020-12-17 | Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this episode. Check out a free trial at http://ow.ly/dURg30rjr2kHamilton is a fun musical, and word of warning, I tend to be a bit forgiving of them. But here’s the thing, there’s A LOT of issues and I’ve got a lot to say about it, as you can probably tell by the timestamp. In the end, I think it makes up for the problems with what it does correctly, but only barely. Stick around for the ride, because this is complex. The fact is, the Alexander Hamilton presented in this play is quite divergent from reality, in ways that blatantly white-wash the past in favor of this strange halfway-progressivism from the Obama years. Despite its veneer of diverse casting and hip hop music, it actually represents a revival of deeply conservative, inaccurate, and marginalizing historiography. At the same time, the play does a lot of interesting, new, and relevant things with its attempt to cover a cradle to grave story of a Founding Father.Chapters:0:00 Intro1:36 Reality10:50 Scholarship17:53 Inaccuracy lightning rounds26:22 Big problems35:55 Accuracy43:20 Goofing around43:50 sponsor45:15 end screen------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Based on a True Story playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVzPp-sQVV48cdfyeg9G5JJRocketman: youtu.be/XjFTjA3a6vEGreatest Showman: youtu.be/7PczCJxeXdwNewsies: youtu.be/dcJT70WTtqU1776: youtu.be/xY4Te8Qm07Afilibustering: youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhcRevolution historiography: youtu.be/LRdmx_Y40ywPost-Revisionism: youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw1776: youtu.be/xY4Te8Qm07A------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata - but here's the references:Renee C. Romano and Clarie Bond Potter, eds., Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2018). amzn.to/35Z2pTLGood resource for Founding Fathers’ papers: founders.archives.govhistoryvshollywood.com/reelfaces/hamiltonbustle.com/articles/165821-how-historically-accurate-is-hamilton-a-breakdown-of-the-musicals-events-what-really-happened-sopolitifact.com/article/2020/jul/01/fact-checking-hamilton-musical------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistorySubreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Hamilton is a 2020 American historical revisionist musical film comprising a live stage recording of the 2015 Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. It was directed and produced by Thomas Kail and produced, written, and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda also stars as Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, along with the musical's original principal Broadway cast.Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda said he was inspired to write the musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The show draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes; and casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures.[1][2][3] Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by America now".------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #Hamilton #HamiFilm #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Killers of the Flower Moon | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2024-05-09 | Killers of the Flower Moon is an instant classic. It’s a sad topic that they managed to handle with grace, arguably better than the book it’s based on did, which I did review of that awhile ago. The Osage Murders, or the Terror as the tribe calls the time, was an atrocious series of events that have yet to be fully covered and may never be. But I can at least explain the general context of why more than 50 Osages were likely murdered for oil money over the course of just a few years in the 1920s.―――――――――*Bibliography*Laton McCartney, The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country (New York: Random House, 2008). amzn.to/47DGBMwDavid Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (New York: Vintage Books, 2017). amzn.to/45ivI0EVerdon R. Adams, Tom White: The Life of a Lawman (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1972). amzn.to/3P2FC0F―――――――――Connected videosBook club review: youtube.com/live/DjlhcztvDGsWild West myth: youtu.be/F4Ohe9FU8QoLost City of Z: youtu.be/T65dOj1c4FgWrongfully Demon-itized playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUWJt6-1-dlVWrPfD4-lpOk&si=S3XD9ieCY_WJM1Dl―――――――――SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian―――――――――Wiki: Killers of the Flower Moon[a] is a 2023 American epic Western crime drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Martin Scorsese. Eric Roth and Scorsese based their screenplay on the 2017 non-fiction book by David Grann.[7][8] Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on tribal land. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but a corrupt local political boss sought to steal the wealth. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone lead an ensemble cast. Hashtags: #history #killersoftheflowermoon #OsageMurders #review #basedonatruestory Chapters0:00 intro1:04 YT BS3:16 Reality7:45 Scholarship10:08 Accuracy13:51 Inaccuracy18:15 outro
The Armenian Genocide, its precedence, and denial The Cynical Historian 2024-04-24 | The Armenian Genocide took place between 1915-1918, but it had a long history leading up to it. After decades of ethnic warfare, Young Turks (ordered by the three pashas of the CUP party) systematically murdered 2-3 million Christians of Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek dissent during World War I. Turkey then instituted denial of this event, which continues to this day. Such ignorance will not be tolerated.-0:45 Most Armenians were Oriental Orthodox, not Eastern Orthodox (thx @victorhoang6633 )------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Raymond Kevorkian, _The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History_ (New York: IB Tauris, 2011). amzn.to/2zrw0brSee the original review: youtu.be/SWNazzNEjqA------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian Desert and the forced Islamization of others, primarily women and children.
Reacting to your American history hot takes The Cynical Historian 2024-04-22 | I asked on social media for your American history hot takes and now I'm gonna react to them live. So come join in the fun while we just how depraved your views of American history are. I will be giving away T-shirts to the first few of you who can correct me on something in the chat. ――――――――― SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.com LET'S CONNECT Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social Threads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Moral Panics : A History of Insidious Fear-Mongering The Cynical Historian 2024-04-04 | What even is a moral panic? It's essentially fear-mongering and conspiracism about a supposed cultural threat that's ultimately overblown or outright false. Culture, as in the customs and habits of a particular group of population, resides in its adherents, so this is people trying to protect their culture. But as we'll see, there's always ulterior motives. Typically, it revolves around halting things children are doing or something that may affect children because they are the next generation - that which transmits culture into the future. The key factor is that these reactions are disproportionate to the threat, if not an outright lie. So while they may be used as a political tactic in the ever-ebbing culture war, moral panics as a whole have a much wider history to it than that. There's a pattern to them and they're well studied. As such, there's a long history to them. So I made this episode in the hope that you can learn and be better prepared to identify them in the future.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*William J. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021). amzn.to/3NCaLqiJoel Best, Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims (Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1990). amzn.to/3WayL7HColin Dickey, Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy (New York: Viking, 2023). amzn.to/4b3p2a9Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance, 2nd ed. (1994; New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). amzn.to/3OqjpbDMarjorie Heins, Not in Front of the Children: “Indecency,” Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007). amzn.to/3pGi2gcDavid Hajdu, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2008). amzn.to/2ZukoltKaren Leick, Parents, Media, and Panic through the Years: Kids Those Days (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). amzn.to/3rYzIVJKyle Riismandel, Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020), ebook. amzn.to/3pRUntuMark Stein, American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). amzn.to/3YoCgIIKaren Sternheimer, Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency (New York: Routledge, 2015). amzn.to/3KucTQ7------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:political polarization series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODSsupercut: youtu.be/i-E14o6Do9YCulture war: youtu.be/tppeGYoWDxgTech polarization: youtu.be/xHlBdebjpyQToldInStone on sacrifice: youtu.be/AMs0vp-B1Yc?si=E3nukXUSEfyt1r4CWILSOOOON playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmSJim Crow lecture: youtu.be/IRyBTXfazMsMr Beat on replacement: youtu.be/pyUQP-R48yg?si=7ObBHQbicPfwCs_wRacial riots: youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhMPolice militarization: youtu.be/HehnDHNoItkplaylist of live discussions on difficult topics: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVgFZOy6Eq6UaStCjkULWXZ&si=8x7qM4utDAeJMmkfTeamYouTube malfeasance: youtu.be/-vRGguUJIx8------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear, often an irrational one, that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. It is "the process of arousing social concern over an issue", usually perpetuated by moral entrepreneurs and mass media coverage, and exacerbated by politicians and lawmakers. Moral panic can give rise to new laws aimed at controlling the community.Hashtags: #history #MoralPanics Chapters0:00 vignette0:28 intro2:45 patronage3:12 What is a Moral Panic11:53 Origins of Folk Devils21:53 Secret Societies27:49 Immigration32:45 Mediums41:08 Backlashes58:45 conclusion1:04:47 Outtakes
Historians have gone WOKE!!!! The Cynical Historian 2024-04-01 | Released April 1st, 2024! Have you noticed everything is woke now? You’ve got these so-called historians denigrating America’s glorious past simply because there’s some white supremacy in there. Get over it. Everywhere has a dark heritage, so why do I have to hear about it? I just can’t stand it. We used to be a nation of nuclear families, engaged in the righteous elimination of all those commies that pollute the darker parts of the world. Now men are afraid to fight each other in the street for the fear of namby pamby SJWs canceling them.And you know who’s to blame for that? It’s these scholars injecting identity politics into everything. If history is the story of us, as Cypher always says, then why do I have to hear about all these unamerican things like race, class, and gender? What happened to our heroes? Well, I’ll tell you. History is woke now. It has nothing to do with my unwillingness to interrogate what actually happened. That’s why I don’t need citations. Verifiability is for the weak. The wokesters are the real cowards for using Critical Race Theory to make me feel bad about being white. They try to push their betters away by enforcing diversity, equity, and inclusion on everyone.------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88(if you agree with Crypto in any way, I cannot respect you and you shouldn't subscribe. Please leave the rest of us intelligent human beings to discuss history)Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
World-Systems Analysis: Wallerstein’s Theory of Hegemony The Cynical Historian 2024-03-28 | Immanuel Wallerstein and other practitioners of World-Systems Analysis gave an answer to why the West became the hegemonic power and a way to rationalize how the international economy functions. It’s useful but also so abstract that it may not be as reliable as scholars in the 1980s thought, as we shall see. The foundational idea of World-Systems Analysis is that there is a global division of labor. The core is composed of mostly skilled workers who are at liberty to change employment while the periphery has basic jobs that are unable to change. So the most powerful countries are those who dominate others. There is also an in-between state, a semiperiphery, who are rising in power and portray a bit of both being core and peripheral. The periphery provides cheap labor and raw materials for the core to process into more complex products to sell at an immense profit. This seemingly simplistic division of labor has an ability to morph to history, explaining the natural connection between imperialism and capitalism.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Giovanni Arrighi, “Capitalism and the Modern World-System: Rethinking the Non-Debates of the 1970s,” Fernand Braudel Center Review 21, no. 1 (1998): 113-129.Peter Gunn, History and Cultural Theory (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9FLloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., A Companion to Western Historical Thought (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSfThomas R. Shannon, An Introduction to the World-system Perspective, 2nd ed. (1989; New York: Routledge, 2018). amzn.to/3rsyVfdSteve J. Stern, “Feudalism, Capitalism, and the World-System in the Perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean,” American Historical Review 93, no. 4. (October 1988): 829-872.Immanuel Wallerstein, World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction (Durham, N.Car.: Duke University Press, 2004). amzn.to/2JM3mRZImmanuel Wallerstein, Modern World-System, 4 vols. (Reprint with new prologue, 1974; Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011). amzn.to/44LjddO------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Why the West is Strong? youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUXOZkQWWsJWZoxI3IJxw54Historiography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-BwGeneral Crisis: youtu.be/1kMWRSnrAeM------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Oppenheimer | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2024-03-14 | Time to review the Oppenheimer movie and it really holds up well. Not only was it amazingly well put together, but it actually has an interesting twist that lends a new interpretation of this important figure and his legacy. But just to refresh, let’s go over Oppie’s bio before we get into how director Christopher Nolan made a truly fascinating film that contributes something to historical interpretation.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, _American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer_ (New York: Vintage Books, 2006). amzn.to/3MYgBTvCampbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, _The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, 2008). amzn.to/35cXFdFRichard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, with new foreword (1986; New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012). amzn.to/3qcKUgmEric Schlosser, _Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety_ (New York: Penguin Books, 2013). amzn.to/3MFP8EXFerenc Morton Szasz, _The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion_ (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). amzn.to/3MCKHe7Tom Zoellner, _Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World_ (New York: Viking, 2009). amzn.to/43rvZgO------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosCold War origins: youtu.be/sknKSYY0wlsGeorge F. Kennan: youtu.be/umyl07IRS-8Nuclear mishaps: youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8wEnd of history: youtu.be/ouMs9HeJgM8------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical drama film[5][6][7] written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan.[8] It stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project—the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of Oppenheimer, with the story predominantly focusing on his studies, his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II, and his eventual fall from grace due to his 1954 security hearing. The film also stars Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer's wife "Kitty", Matt Damon as head of the Manhattan Project Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss, and Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer's communist lover Jean Tatlock. The ensemble supporting cast includes Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #oppenheimer #ABomb #review #BasedOnATrueStory Chapters0:00 intro0:57 reality26:15 scholarship29:25 accuracy36:52 spoilers41:04 outro
Subaltern Studies | Historiography #Shorts 21 The Cynical Historian 2024-03-08 | Various theories attempted to raise the voices of alienated subjects, also known as subalterns. Homi Bahba revived du Bois’s theory by saying there was hybridity of the hegemonic affectation and a true undercurrent. Dipesh Chakrabarty showed that many aspects of Indian culture were Eurocentric and needed to be divorced in order to have true Indian nationalism. But Gayatri Spivak argued that there were certain subalterns that couldn’t have their voices raised, because they were essentially too alienated by cultural hegemony. They were so subjected that they had no voice of their own. So there is a tension in historiography that some people may truly be lost as legitimate sources to counter colonial narratives. These postcolonial theories allow us to question the archives, but also show how colonized peoples often cannot transcend their subjugation.------------------------------------------------------------The other historiography shorts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTyOverall rapid historiography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Postcolonialism | historiography #shorts 20 The Cynical Historian 2024-03-07 | See the next short for the subaltern studies. Some kinds of nationalism only arose to fight imperialism. As empires decolonized, historians sought to illustrate how previous history had supported colonial subjugation. Franz Fanon theorized that imperial powers imposed a cultural hegemony on indigenous people that alienates them, much like how WEB du Bois proposed the idea of double consciousness, where a marginalized person thinks in a way that subjugates them by devaluing their self-worth. Edward Said built from that, showing that Westerners described Easterners (or the orient) as exotic and irrational, thereby needing subjugation to impose supposedly superior Western virtues.------------------------------------------------------------The other historiography shorts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTyOverall rapid historiography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Digital vs. Physical Books | The Diatribe The Cynical Historian 2024-02-29 | Time to discuss one of the most controversial debates in all of academia: Which is better - digital or physical books? Yes that's hyperbolic, but it is an interesting conversation to have. Also, I spliced in a bookcase tour in the middle------------------------------------------------------------Here is my overall bibliography: docs.google.com/document/d/1o-NK65q4F-6S2QmMvUXlmNlwtmOfmB2FwGA7yOr5syI/edit?usp=sharingShort about bibliographies: youtube.com/shorts/NrxY4n5QMUUEpisode about finding good history books: youtu.be/XEWl49PI4vwBook club livestreams: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWayDJTnpm4ONOS5Mkk8N9k------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_Historychapters0:00 intro0:26 defining differences7:49 library tour10:50 further discussion
Why did the USA join the Vietnam War? The Cynical Historian 2024-02-15 | Thanks to MyHeritage for sponsoring this. Goto bit.ly/TheCynicalHistorianFeb2024 for a free 2-week trial.There is no clear starting point. One could say that the war began with the first American death in 1945, when Viet Minh forces mistakenly shot an OSS officer after WWII had ended; or you could say it was 1950, when President Truman officially supported the old regime that would become South Vietnam; there was 1955, when President Eisenhower sent in military advisors; 1962 with JFK sending Green Berets in massive numbers; or 1964 with LBJ ramping up the already established mission to full-scale warfare. The beginning of American involvement in the Vietnam War could be any of those dates and more. If you let a camel stick its nose under the tent, eventually it will insist on being completely within the tent. America is the camel here. We stuck our nose in, and bit by bit, we became fully entangled. It took so much blood and treasure there and here to dislodge ourselves again, forever changing not just American and Vietnamese history, but how the world arranged power.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*America at War: The Macmillan Compendium (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994). amzn.to/2uaLkEdChristian Appy, American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity (New York: Penguin, 2015). amzn.to/46pNqQLAlan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002). amzn.to/2NHcLOaBernard B. Fall, Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina (Mechanicsburg, Pen.: Stackpole Books, 1994). amzn.to/3G3EGEkGeorge Herring, America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975, 6th ed. (1979; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001). amzn.to/45rjjXCEdwin Hoyt, America’s Wars & Military Excursions (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1987). amzn.to/2u9QGiP------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Why wars start series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVlZsX5rgTSXmUwmFAHedmMWhat caused the Cold War? youtu.be/sknKSYY0wlsCold War and Red Scare lecture: youtu.be/m4Dfe-gn_FsTrial of the Chicago 7: youtu.be/qK4VS-_Y6mUHow California became the "Left Coast": youtu.be/VCyMeSFH1k0Rise of the New Left: youtu.be/fLxPUcZKFuYFrom Counterculture to Culture Wars: youtu.be/tppeGYoWDxg------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in Asia, first in an extremely limited capacity and escalating over a period of 20 years. The U.S. military presence peaked in April 1969, with 543,000 American combat troops stationed in Vietnam.[1] By the conclusion of the United States's involvement in 1973, over 3.1 million Americans had been stationed in Vietnam.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #vietnamwar #vietnam chapters0:00 intro4:30 promo6:10 French conquest7:16 WWII8:29 First Indochina War11:26 partition12:59 MAAG13:57 green berets14:59 MACV17:05 Gulf of Tonkin20:10 full involvement21:35 conclusion25:01 outtakes
Why does Las Vegas have so many sports now? The Cynical Historian 2024-02-07 | You might’ve noticed that Las Vegas has a bunch of new sports teams and events: Woman’s basket; hockey; football; formula one; and baseball - on top of well established ones there of boxing, NASCAR, drag racing, and mixed martial arts. It may seem like the city is simply profiting from the sports industry overcoming their misapprehension about gambling a decade ago, but this speaks to a deeper historical change in the city’s economy. Since the corporatization of Nevada’s licensure, beginning in 1968, resorts have capitalized entertainment that used to be loss leaders. In turn, they emphasized it, overtaking gambling revenue around 1999. The city regularly reinvents itself, and the Great Recession only accelerated the change. Vegas is now the entertainment capital of the world. Sports are a form of entertainment, hence why…------------------------------------------------------------Playlist of my episodes about Las Vegas history: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWlBIcN6Xq0oJgMyEIoFrzw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
1812 and Indian Wars : Sovereignty during the Eastern Treaty Period | US History Lecture The Cynical Historian 2024-02-01 | The War of 1812 is part of a greater “Sixty Years War” (1754-1815) for the Great Lakes region and general Indian conflicts during the early American republic period. This includes Cherokees, Old Northwest, Seminole, and Creek wars. 1812 is fairly complex by itself, involving impressment, attempted invasions of both the US and Canada, and an unclear victory. This is a lecture covering these topics, themed around deciding sovereignty------------------------------------------------------------*Errata*23:30 that's supposed to be Chesapeake Bay. The main river flowing into it is the Potomac (thx @emerj101)*Bibliography*Class readings for this week areTecumseh’s call, 1810: bit.ly/3fUJGwyCongress debates war, 1811: bit.ly/2G6UcE1Walter R. Borneman, 1812: The War That Forged a Nation (New York: HarperCollins, 2004). amzn.to/3Sc2zAzColin G. Calloway, The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). amzn.to/3NQBSyMPeter Cozzens, A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2023). amzn.to/3S8O9REWilliam Hogeland, Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the US Army and the Invasion That Opened the West (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2017). amzn.to/36LjWTSWillard Sterne Randall, Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017). amzn.to/3RU04BkDaniel Richter, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003). amzn.to/2MVhWJ4Mark Zuehlke, For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2006). amzn.to/3HdGsDe------------------------------------------------------------US history lectures playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXIeBg-rugKMup9o8ohyEEL------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The Sixty Years' War (French: Guerre de Soixante Ans; 1754–1815) was a military struggle for control of the North American Great Lakes region, including Lake Champlain and Lake George,[1] encompassing a number of wars over multiple generations. The conflicts involved the British Empire, the French colonial empire, the United States, the Spanish Empire, and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. The term Sixty Years' War is used by academic historians to provide a framework for viewing this era as a whole, rather than as isolated events
Feminism | Historiography #shorts 19 The Cynical Historian 2024-01-25 | As the 1970s push for the Equal Rights Amendment swept the United States, though it would ultimately fail, academic feminism took on extra theoretical might. Mary Ritter Beard, who was married to Charles Beard, was a suffragette and made biographies of prominent women, but few scholars followed her lead until the 1980s. First wave feminism sought voting rights like Mary Beard, so the second wave sought civil rights like the ERA. Historians like Joan Scott showed how history itself had been heavily misrepresentative of half the population, seeking to raise the voices of women who’d been discounted by a patriarchal history profession. Judith Butler theorized that gender was performative, as in one performs their gender to whatever the historical circumstances require. Feminist historians showed how patriarchy imposed spheres of domesticity, where women were forced into domestic roles, thereby keeping them subserviant. They also studied how ideas of gender reinforce nationalism. Historian George Mosse showed how masculinity and femininity were forms of what a nation saw in itself, as well as what it excluded.The other historiography shorts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
The Sudbury Devil | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2024-01-18 | Atun Shei Films directed a horror movie, called the Sudbury Devil. The genre can highlight societal fears and act as a cultural symbol of that, which this movie does well, with the added layer of some very interesting historical literacy. It uses a theme of scars from past (King Philip's War) affecting how New England conquered its frontier with witchcraft and satanism. By extension, it’s a commentary on settler colonialism and religiosity. So let’s thoroughly interrogate the Sudbury Devil, both its setting and meaning.Get the movie: atunsheifilms.vhx.tv------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). amzn.to/41m5Ks3Daniel Richter, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003). amzn.to/2MVhWJ4Peter Silver, Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America (New York: W.W. Norton, 2008). amzn.to/3jAr8VIRichard Slotkin, Regeneration through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973). amzn.to/2KIdn8nDouglas L. Winiarski, “‘Pale Blewish Lights’ and a Dead Man's Groan: Tales of the Supernatural from Eighteenth-Century Plymouth, Massachusetts,” William and Mary Quarterly 55, no. 4 (October 1998): 497-530.------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Wild West Myth: youtu.be/F4Ohe9FU8QoFrench and Indian Wars: youtu.be/m9nPxQP_3EAVVitch review: youtu.be/BGMH-lk0SmU------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
There Will Be Blood and History The Cynical Historian 2023-12-28 | I was surprised with all the historical references in There Will Be Blood. So I wanted to explain how rich this film is in historical detail. Knowing about the Teapot Dome scandal, CC Julian, 3rd Great Awakening, and Weber allows you to better analyze it. Connecting it to contemporary events of its release in 2007, such as global warming and Iraq, shows the deeper meaning of the film. This is a form of critique called “new historicism," which shows how how that interpretation is rooted in the zeitgeist. It's a really interesting film------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Laton McCartney, The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country (New York: Random House, 2008). amzn.to/47DGBMwGordon Owen, The Two Alberts: Fountain and Fall (Las Cruces, N.Mex.: Yucca Tree Press, 1996). amzn.to/45vi5ezPaul Sabin, Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005). amzn.to/2W16gttJules Tygiel, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). amzn.to/2ASH7Z0------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:My Story thus far: youtu.be/q-xUz6POwGADissertation presentation: youtu.be/Y04yvH1FBzsTrains and Oil in California: youtu.be/0Ef0Ir-hbFc2nd Great Awakening: youtu.be/0AwHLRqX3QkUnitarianism in America: youtu.be/5B8vgdS8ikUDeath of the author: youtu.be/2ePY6BjwojM------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair.[4] It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #therewillbeblood #teapotdome #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Race is a Social Construct : Western Racialization and its Downfall The Cynical Historian 2023-12-14 | Thanks to Historic Mail for sponsoring this. Go to historicmail.com/CYNICAL for 10% off their Holiday Sale when you use the code CYNICALRace is not as simple as epidural coloration or any phenotype for that matter. These racial borders are easily crossed and don’t even precisely map onto skintone nor anything deeper. Afterall, I do not become a different race by getting a good tan. Race is not biologically derived and indeed has a history to its social construction. Racialization is a distinct historical process. It has a story to it with consequences. This episode is ultimately about how race became a thing, as in how society constructed the ideology behind this abstract categoryhere is Drawn of History's channel: youtube.com/@DrawnofHistory?si=SXgUGEyBQseOi4FS------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Theodore W. Allen, The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression, vol. 1 with introduction by Jeffrey B. Perry (1994, reprint; New York: Verso Books, 2014). amzn.to/3WtdMxb----, The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America, vol. 2 with introduction by Jeffrey B. Perry (1997, reprint; New York: Verso, 2012). amzn.to/3WawxoREric Arnesen, et al., “Scholarly Controversy: Whiteness and the Historians’ Imagination,” International Labor and Working Class History 60 (Fall 2001): 3-92.Jacqueline Battalora, Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today, 2nd ed. (2013; New York: Routledge, 2021).Bruce Baum, The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race: A Political History of Racial Identity (New York: New York University Press, 2008). amzn.to/41LGIBpLaura E. Gómez, Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race, 2nd ed. (2007; New York: New York University Press, 2018).Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992).Michael Omi and Howard Minant, Racial Formation in the United States, 3rd ed. (1986; New York: Routledge, 2015).Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People (New York: WW Norton, 2010), audible. amzn.to/3OkYAQGPoliakov, Léon. The Aryan Myth: A History of Racist and Nationalist Ideas in Europe (Eastbourne, UK: Sussex University Press, 1974). amzn.to/3WqvnFRRobert Wald Sussman, The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), audible. amzn.to/3obeUIVMagda Teter, Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023). amzn.to/3oMtBCt------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosRapid historiography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-BwWild West myth: youtu.be/F4Ohe9FU8QoLost cause myth: youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQNationalism: youtu.be/UGXffvDj_E8Jim Crow: youtu.be/IRyBTXfazMsSystemic Racism: youtu.be/UCViZIlTaOgWILSOOOON: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmSSchindler: youtu.be/rUGIHFdx5CA------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_Historychapters0:00 intro8:50 Historic Mail12:48 Spain19:30 color racialization23:17 science philosophy and anthropology30:12 eugenics37:00 Boasian cultural relativity39:10 fascism and downfall42:35 Don't Be a Sucker46:38 revival50:54 outtakes
Understanding the Wild West Myth : American Exceptionalism through Violence and Indian Wars The Cynical Historian 2023-11-30 | Historians of the American West despise the term “Wild West.” It has a lot of connotations that are inherently false and more-so vile, yet so much of popular culture is based around these misconceptions. From manifest destiny to disappearing Indigenous people, there are many components to the frontier myth. It is the most common myth in American history and in fact drove much of that history. Heck, it’s basically what defines the so-called “American character,” you know the thing that a myth is about. We tell ourselves stories to inform our identity. Perhaps the person who pushed the myth the best was Frederick Jackson Turner. He argued, “American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.” Turner became a household name after he presented his thesis at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Every invocation of what makes America exceptionally great since then has had Turner’s frontier thesis behind it, even if his name has faded from memory.------------------------------------------------------------Here is my dissertation:Joseph Hall-Patton, "Great Excitement: Violent Incorporations of the American Southwest," dissertation, University of New Mexico, 2023. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/341/------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosPlaylist of stuff related to my original scholarly work: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUSSIUw8fPp1SjwFxOj3wD2Death of the Western Genre: youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClMBookclub livestreams: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWayDJTnpm4ONOS5Mkk8N9kUS Army exploration: youtu.be/kFGAAdx1kg0Film accuracy limits: youtu.be/Ek88jgEsXgAPolitical polarization: youtu.be/i-E14o6Do9YButch and Sundance review: youtu.be/iYu1E8idqO0Hostiles review: youtu.be/-hNPovai-2k------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Drinks that made history - the Manhattan The Cynical Historian 2023-11-20 | Join Mark from Alliterative and I for a livestream where we make the famous cocktail and discuss the history surrounding it. The Manhattan is made with two parts rye whiskey, one part vermouth, a couple dashes of bitters, and garnished with a cherry. It is a fairly simply recipe, but that combination has a distinct history that will take use back to Prohibition and American drinking habits. Be sure to check out Alliterative at youtube.com/@Alliterative ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social Threads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian
Napoleon Bonaparte : Soldier, General, Consul, Emperor, and Exile The Cynical Historian 2023-11-16 | Thanks to NordVPN for spornsoring. Go to nordvpn.com/cynicalhistorian for 4 extra monthsNapoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) was a French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and briefly again in 1815. Napoleon's political and cultural legacy endures as a celebrated and controversial leader. He initiated many liberal reforms that have persisted through the years, and is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history------------------------------------------------------------*Errata*7:36 He had fought a rearguard action in Toulon that involved hand-to-hand fighting. So this was his second time in close-quarters combat (thx josephpriest1488)*Bibliography*David A. Bell, Napoleon: A Concise Biography (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015), audible. amzn.to/44EYOXsWill Durant and Ariel Durant, The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975). amzn.to/2NYVuivJ. Christopher Herold, Napoleon (Rockville, MD: New Word City, 2015), audible. amzn.to/44EYEPQAndrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life (New York: Penguin Books, 2015), audible. amzn.to/3t1RV4ZConnected episodes:Nationalism: youtu.be/UGXffvDj_E8------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags and chapters: #history #napoleon #FrenchEmpire0:00 prologue0:30 intro and sponsor5:15 rise8:04 Italy and Egypt10:52 takeover of France15:36 Grande Armee at work18:12 continental system22:40 disaster25:26 hundred days26:32 exile27:06 repetition27:48 outtakes
New Left | Historiography #shorts 18 The Cynical Historian 2023-11-13 | Throughout the 1960s and 70s, as the linguistic turn went from societal to cultural emphasis, due to the counterculture and civil rights movements,a different form of politics advocated peace and equal rights. As opposed to Marxism, anarchism, or socialism, this New Left was fundamentally opposed to violence. They eventually made their way into academia and began to revise the historical orthodoxy of the consensus. They showed that the emphasis on a national character was necessarily marginalizing to anyone who did not conform with it. These revisionists used history to show the oppression of people that were not in the dominant race, class, or gender - eventually specializing in those marginalized identities.Race, class, and gender studies came to dominate the field. Much of revisionism is about raising the voices of historical characters previously silenced by nationalist history. Nationalism violently imposed racism, exploitation, and misogyny. Historicizing the meaning of those who were hegemonic within orthodoxy, namely white cis heterosexual males who were rich, challenged that violent nationalism------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8erPeter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9FPeter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0mLloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSfWilliam H. Sewell, _Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation_ (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Full historiography episode: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Frankfurt School | Historiography #shorts 17 The Cynical Historian 2023-11-09 | Unlike Gramsci, most of the Frankfurt School managed to escape fascist persecution by moving to the United States. These Marxists also pointed to how culture could snuff out resistance, but were more about ideas. They theorized that the culture industry (as in movies, books, TV, and whatnot) helped bolster capitalism by making the population complacent and docile. Their critical theory analyzed popular media for how it reinforced societal structures. Historians who use this method of critique, tend to be looking at how a culture is affected by media.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8erPeter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9FPeter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0mLloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSfWilliam H. Sewell, _Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation_ (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Full historiography episode: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #FrankfurtSchool
Gramsci and Cultural Hegemony | Historiography #shorts 16 The Cynical Historian 2023-11-06 | Some historians revived the theories of Antonio Gramsci, a Marxist who’d been jailed by Mussolini until his death in 1937. His convoluted prison letters spoke of a cultural superstructure that prevented class solidarity. This was cultural hegemony, as in how generally accepted ideas tend to favor the elites of any given culture. Those elites indirectly control the very mentality of the lower classes. Historians showed how possibilities were stamped out by cultural hegemony and how that came to be.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8erPeter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9FPeter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0mLloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSfWilliam H. Sewell, _Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation_ (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Full historiography episode: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-Bw------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Microhistory | Historiography #shorts 15 The Cynical Historian 2023-11-02 | Anthropologist Clifford Geertz used what’s called “thick description” to explain a culture, where he not only explained the function of some act within the structure of a given society, but also its subjective explanations and how it fit within the context of that culture for a more complete ethnography. Historians took this approach and applied it in the opposite direction of the Annales school. They took small case studies, such as inquisition records for a single individual, to perform Geertz’s thick description and draw out the greater context from the narrative. Rather than simply smaller topics, microhistory drew out much larger history by connecting aspects of a subject to a wide-arrow of topics. Culture was beginning to challenge the consensus.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. amzn.to/3y0Y8erPeter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). amzn.to/2uWmK9FPeter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). amzn.to/2OQJh0mLloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). amzn.to/2LhuzSfWilliam H. Sewell, _Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation_ (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005). amzn.to/2ZvH5Cs------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Full historiography episode: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-BwCheese and the Worms review: youtu.be/RMYp7_4mycM------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Trial of the Chicago 7 | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2023-10-26 | Use code cynicalhistorian at incogni.com/cynicalhistorian to get 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Thanks for sponsoringThe Trial of the Chicago Seven had so much potential. The court transcript is replete with drama and easy to adapt, yet this movie fails at it. I don’t know what went wrong here, but it was a tremendous let down. I’ve been trying to focus on good movies, but my patrons voted for this on Patreon, so I slogged through it. Honestly, I wish I could have just thrown it aside. When a 1987 made-for-TV movie outdoes this well-funded production, you know something is a-miss. The true story is very compelling, because the ten people on the defense team became martyrs for freedom of speech as a result of this trial. The Nixon administration tried to silence protestors and they went to prison for it, like patriots. They turned the court into a circus because there was no other way to redress their grievances, showing what civil disobedience looks like.------------------------------------------------------------*Errata*4:23 that's supposed to be George Wallace, not William, LOL (thx slade7490)*Bibliography*Hoffman Abbie, _Steal This Book,_ 50th anniversary ed. with new forward by Lisa Fithian (1971; New York: Hachette, 2021). amzn.to/3PZCTWCJulilly Kohler-Hausmann, _Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America_ (Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 2017). amzn.to/2M2ol7jMark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, Daniel Greenberg, eds., _The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript,_ forward by Aaron Sorkin )Seattle: Audible, 2020). amzn.to/3F3825iJon Wiener, _Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven_ (New York: New Press, 2006). amzn.to/3rz4GnrCompilation of sources on trial: famous-trials.com/chicago8/1366-home------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosJudas and the Black Messiah: youtu.be/fxFowVDa36kBased on a True Story playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVzPp-sQVV48cdfyeg9G5JJ------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorian------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants - Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner - charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #thetrialofthechicago7 #review #basedonatruestory ------------------------------------------------------------Chapters0:00 intro and sponsor2:54 reality8:44 scholarship10:16 accuracy13:04 inaccuracy
Silicon Valley Revolutionized Technology | California History ep. 12 The Cynical Historian 2023-10-12 | Use code cynicalhistorian at incogni.com/cynicalhistorian to get 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Thanks for sponsoringSilicon Valley is not a clearly defined place. It could be just Palo Alto or as far away as the rest of the southern Bay Area, from Berkeley all the way around to San Francisco. The main thing is that the region is the center of the technological renaissance in microchip and internet innovation. Its postwar ascension came from government investment and eventually venture capital as technology revolutionized our world.This is the final episode of my California history series, which you can see the rest here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru------------------------------------------------------------19:15 that is Java, not JavaScript - Sun Micro made Java, Mozilla made JavaScript and used the name to garner some attention away from Sun - they are separate things (thx efkastner)*Bibliography*Leslie Berlin, _Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age_ (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2017). amzn.to/3CMUYzTMalcolm Harris, _Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World_ (New York: Little Brown and Company, 2023). amzn.to/3LbrPUgMargaret Pugh O'Mara, _The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America_ (New York: Penguin Press, 2019). amzn.to/46uNZJhDan Schiller, _Crossed Wires: The Conflicted History of US Telecommunications from the Post Office to the Internet_ (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2023). amzn.to/46MYNTvNiel Stephenson, _In the Beginning… was the Command Line_ (New York: Avon Books, 1999). amzn.to/3Y4QBd0------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosCalifornia history series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ruAlbuquerque history: youtu.be/nxqBDy827U0jOBS review: youtu.be/yxgLzaZlUXo------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.com/nLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley.[1][2][3] San Jose is Silicon Valley's largest city, the third-largest in California, and the 12th-most populous in the United States.[4] Other major Silicon Valley cities include Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Cupertino------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #SiliconValley #technology #california chapters0:00 intro and promo2:29 origins5:23 transistors7:51 hackers12:38 apple vs pc16:11 politics17:24 internet22:27 smartphones24:47 now25:29 outro
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI | Book Club The Cynical Historian 2023-10-07 | Just in time for the film adaptation of this book, let's talk about Killers of the Flower Moon. If you would like to check out the book, here is the full citation and affiliate link to buy it yourself: David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (New York: Vintage Books, 2017). amzn.to/45ivI0E This is the fourth Book Club livestream, which you can check out the playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWayDJTnpm4ONOS5Mkk8N9k ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
History of San Luis Obispo, California | #ProjectHomecoming2 The Cynical Historian 2023-09-29 | The second Project Homecoming playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wV5RHTFL8xWYALVIf2hFoUuSan Luis Obispo, or SLO for short, is a small city near and dear to my heart, not only because it's one of my hometowns, but because I've done so much work on the history here. After all, my dissertation has a chapter on it and my entire masters thesis is about the place. And it goes much deeper than that, for my father was a museum director here. You could say SLO's history is in my veins.My previous video this is derived from: youtu.be/zl_ATg8DQEY------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*_City of San Luis Obispo Citywide Historic Context Statement,_ November 2013, slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4042/635497615471370000Myron Angel, _History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers_ (Oakland, Cal.: Thompson & West, 1883). archive.org/details/historyofsanluis00angeDaniel Krieger, _San Luis Obispo County: Looking Backward into the Middle Kingdom_ (Northridge, Cal.: Windsor Publications, 1988). amzn.to/42VF6qEMark Hall-Patton, _Memories of the Land: Placenames of San Luis Obispo_ (Los Osos, Cal.: EZ Nature Books, 1994). amzn.to/3lVoI8JJoseph Hall-Patton, “Pacifying Paradise: Violence and Vigilantism in San Luis Obispo,” California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, thesis, 2016. http://www.digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1594/------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #sanluisobispo
Reconsider Billy the Kid and learn the larger context The Cynical Historian 2023-09-14 | We’ve all read of the Lincoln County War. This little feud between merchant factions led to the deaths of 23 belligerents over the course of four months, numerous ancillary murders and gangs, the solidification of elite Republican power in New Mexico, and a legend that never dies. But there is a deeper understanding that we’ve lost in its nigh-constant reiteration. A greater understanding of the Lincoln County War may be gained by looking at it as a part of a network of violent events throughout southern New Mexico, interconnected through their results that tended toward incorporating the quickly developing section of the territory into the national body-politic. This network of violence illustrates how we may radically reconceptualize such bloodshed.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Paul Cool, Salt Warriors: Insurgency on the Rio Grande (College Station: Texas A and M University Press, 2008). amzn.to/3Do5luwRichard W. Etulain, Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020). amzn.to/3wM7BYEMaurice Fulton, History of the Lincoln County War (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1968). amzn.to/3Rld2aBJoel K. Jacobsen, “An Excess of Law in Lincoln County: Thomas Catron, Samuel Axtell, and the Lincoln County War,” New Mexico Historical Review 68, no. 2 (April 1993): 133-151.David Johnson, The Horrell Wars: Feuding in Texas and New Mexico (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2014).William A. Keleher, Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881, facsimile edition (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1957; Santa Fe, N.Mex.: Sunstone Press, 2007). Citations refer to the Sunstone Press edition. amzn.to/3kVJ7d5Frederick Nolan, The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History, rev. ed. (1992; Santa Fe, N.Mex.: Sunstone Press, 2009). amzn.to/3WRfnvcPhilip J. Rasch, “The Horrell War,” New Mexico Historical Review 31, no. 3 (July 1956): 223-231.---, “The Rustler War,” New Mexico Historical Review 39, no. 4 (October 1964): 257-273.---, “The Tularosa Ditch War,” New Mexico Historical Review 43, no. 3 (July 1968): 229-235.Corey Recko, Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2007).Gary Roberts, Death Comes for the Chief Justice: The Slough-Rynerson Quarrel and Political Violence in New Mexico (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990). amzn.to/3kR8nB8Robert M. Utley, High Noon in Lincoln: Violence on the Western Frontier (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987). amzn.to/3kSXRt6------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #LincolnCounty #BillyTheKid #NewMexico #SantaFeRing
Lets talk about museums (feat. Mark Hall-Patton) The Cynical Historian 2023-09-04 | My father and I happen to be in the same place and figured it was high time to discuss the importance and meaning of museums. So join us in a live discussion. This is a continuation of a video I released last month about how museums lie, which you can view here: youtu.be/xpCKNH9a4Fo Also, I will be hosting through Munich → Salzburg → Vienna, visiting castles and recording for a review of Sound Of Music. To reserve one of the 24 slots, go to trovatrip.com/trip/europe/germany/germany-with-joe-hall-patton-jun-2024 *it does NOT include airfare,* they only cover the taxi ride from the airport ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Theodore Roosevelt | Historians Who Changed History The Cynical Historian 2023-08-31 | it's time to talk about Theodore Roosevelt, who preferred his military title of Colonel, found Teddy to be a childish nickname, and was often simply went by TR. Yes, he was a historian and a prolific writer, as you can see in the bibliography below, which only has a few of his books. He certainly shaped the American history field - becoming one of the three important figures for solidifying the frontier myth as the basis for American exceptionalism. TR was a part of historiographic shift that had major ramifications. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the Colonel. He was certainly an imperialist, white supremacist, war-monger, and nationalist - but he also seemed to learn from his mistakes, unlike Wilson, whom he fervently despised. TR was a strong reformer, Jack of all trades, veteran, and just a fun dude.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Special thanks to the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Their digital collections were invaluable. Here is their website: theodorerooseveltcenter.orgH.W. Brands, _T.R.: The Last Romantic_ (New York: Basic Books, 1997). amzn.to/3LO7uSzMark Lee Gardner, _Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge up San Juan Hill_ (New York: William Morrow, 2016). amzn.to/3ZCbBqRJohn Judis, _The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson_ (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006). amzn.to/2NB3V4tDean King, _Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite_ (New York: Scribner, 2023). amzn.to/42N7ISrNeil Lanctot, _The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash over America's Future_ (New York: Riverhead Books, 2021). amzn.to/3efz4fsSidney M. Milkis, _Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy_ (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009). amzn.to/3G5gkdN_A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt,_ ed. Serge Ricard (New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). amzn.to/3ZtKQoBTheodore Roosevelt, _The Naval War of 1812,_ 2 vols. (New York: GP Putnam’s Sons,1882); _Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail_ (New York: The Century Company, 1888); _American Ideals (New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1897); _The Rough Riders_ (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899); _The Strenuous Life_ (New York: The Century Company, 1899); _The Winning of the West,_ 4 vols. (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889-1896). For a list of Roosevelt’s writings, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_bibliography------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosWILSOOOON: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmSHistoriography: youtu.be/XKRgibRw-BwMahan: youtu.be/kN7tjPmdQ3sFrederick Jackson Turner: youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5UPhilippines War: youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (/ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ ROH-zə-velt;[b] October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #Teddy #TheodoreRoosevelt
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West | Book Club The Cynical Historian 2023-08-21 | I will be talking about a book that drastically changed my field of study and replaced Turner's venerable Frontier Thesis, which is Patricia Nelson Limerick _The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West,_ new ed. (1987; New York: W. W. Norton, 2006). Here's an affiliate link: amzn.to/2WEFTcA But before that, I will speak about a group trip I will be hosting through Munich → Salzburg → Vienna, visiting castles and recording for a review of Sound Of Music. To reserve one of the 24 slots, go to trovatrip.com/trip/europe/germany/germany-with-joe-hall-patton-jun-2024 *it does NOT include airfare,* they only cover the taxi ride from the airport
How History Museums Lie, at the Alamo and Nixon Library The Cynical Historian 2023-08-17 | Thanks to MyHeritage for sponsoring this. Goto bit.ly/TheCynicalHistorianMH for a free 2-week trial and 50% off from there.Museums are an important and oft forgotten part of the history profession. These institutions are key factors in how locales understand and interpret their own existence. There are huge responsibilities that come with that public service. Museum work is a noble task, worthy of praise, but that cannot blind us to the problems that arise from taking on that goal. Some abuse that in favor of affirming their core biases and it takes a keen eye to find it. The Alamo and Nixon Library are fairly good examples of this problem which teaches us something deeper about how history is written. Along the way, perhaps you can learn about what museums do and why they are an integral part of society.The other HistoryTubers with me at the Nixon Library are @GeneaVlogger @iammrbeat @CivilWarWeekByWeek @CasualHistorian ------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Edward P. Alexander, Mary Alexander, and Juilie Decker, Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, 3rd ed. (1979; Lanham, Mar.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017). amzn.to/3X9eT5dBryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford, Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (New York: Penguin Press, 2021). amzn.to/3N77YF7Gerald George and Carol Maryan-George, Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning, 3rd ed. (1992; Lanham, Mar.: AltaMira Press, 2012). amzn.to/3NonWfnLaura Lyons McLemore, Inventing Texas: Early Historians of the Lone Star State (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004). amzn.to/41P8gXoDavid Montejano, Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987). amzn.to/2NFGNlaRick Perlstein, Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (New York: Scribner, 2008). amzn.to/3sLTDlQRick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014). amzn.to/306XMo9“Statement of Professional Standards and Ethics,” American Association for State and Local History, 2018. learn.aaslh.org/products/aaslh-statement-of-standards-and-ethicsMichael Van Wagenen, Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the US-Mexican War (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012). amzn.to/3n6SV5y------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Why did the Texas Revolution happen? youtu.be/lDWH-DC74PkWhy did the Mexican-American War happen? youtu.be/HTmSN4Exci0Civil War related episodesLincoln was a Conspiracist? youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0oLost Cause myth youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQCivil War lecture youtu.be/C7xdmsvJa28Sectional Crisis lecture youtu.be/QEnYk2xgEIo------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryChapters0:00 intro and promo3:12 defining museums5:10 Alamo14:32 how to criticize15:10 Nixon Library20:42 conclusion21:38 outtakes
The 24th, Buffalo Soldiers, and the Houston Mutiny of 1917 | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2023-08-03 | 24th is about the 1917 Houston mutiny. It’s an incredibly difficult topic to cover, and it was released at an incredibly awkward time - yet I think they really managed to nail it. Buffalo Soldiers were black troops in the US Army. There are other definitions, but here I am referring to four specific units - the 9th and 10th Cavalry, as well as the 24th and 25th Infantry who all formed in 1866 and would serve until after WWII when the Army desegregated. For the most part, they had white officers, though there’s a few exceptions. I’m researching the Battle of Ambos Nogales, which 10th cavalrymen were participants, who were partially there because of what happened in Houston. As such, the topics are incredibly linked, and in a way the movie doesn’t touch. So let’s talk about the bigger picture of Buffalo Soldiers along the border during WWI.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Gerald Horne, _Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920_ (New York: New York University Press, 2005). amzn.to/3aJmJOIPaul LaRue, “Black Soldiers and Revolution: The Houston Riot of 1917,” _Black History Bulletin_ 84, no. 1 (January 2022): 22-29.James N. Leiker, _Racial Border: Black Soldiers Along the Rio Grande_ (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002). amzn.to/3tqp8o3William G. Miller, _The Twenty-Fourth Infantry: Past and Present,_ (Fort Collins, Colo.: The Old Army Press, 1923).Jaime Salazar and Geoffrey Corn, _Mutiny of Rage: The 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston_ (Guilford, Conn.: Prometheus Books, 2021). amzn.to/3xjntC4------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECTTwitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The 24th is an American historical drama film co-written and directed by Kevin Willmott. The film stars Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson, and Thomas Haden Church. It tells the true story of the Houston riot of 1917------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #The24th #BuffaloSoldiers #review #BasedOnATrueStory
State-level Anti-“Woke” Legislation Attacking Education The Cynical Historian 2023-07-30 | We are seeing another rise in legislation attacking school curricula and books. At the state-level, history education is under extreme duress. These laws often directly state that "woke indoctrination" is the target, but much like all moral panics, it is far more insidious than that. Similar to the "1776 Project," states are funding openly rightwing organizations to gain power for the Republican Party, all while hindering teachers' ability to teach the difficult parts of history. This stream will discuss what that means, whether this is a unique phenomenon, and what HistoryTubers may do about it. Joining me are Mr. Beat: youtube.com/@iammrbeat US101: youtube.com/@US101Mr. Terry History: youtube.com/@MrTerry ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
How to quickly dissect a history book The Cynical Historian 2023-07-27 | Check out my book club livestreams: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWayDJTnpm4ONOS5Mkk8N9kIt’s possible to read a history book in a couple days, if you know how to dissect it for the argument. The title indicates the topic. The publisher shows the intended audience and rigor. Table of contents gives a sense of structure. And bibliography shows what other works it is in conversation with. Start reading by trying to find the thesis statement, as in the core argument, and what purpose that argument is meant to achieve. Then look for how those claims will be logically supported with evidence. Then you can dig into those claims using the index to find specifics. Read whatever else helps you understand that argument. If you’d like to see this method in action, be sure to watch my book club livestreams.------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
What is a Historian? The Cynical Historian 2023-07-24 | Historians advance the field of history in their chosen topic. There is no such thing as a “credential” in this discipline. What makes someone a historian is if they are published, and not just any publication mind you. It needs to be from a reputable source with clear citation and methodological proficiency, such as a monograph or journal article. A master’s thesis or dissertation may qualify if it is backed by one’s university and follows a citation standard. Other works of history are not advancing the field and therefore does not make a historian. Someday I’d like YouTube videos to count - especially when they have appropriate rigor and argumentation, but they do not sufficiently advance the history profession at present, due to many historians considering it disreputable. Publication makes a historian.------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Making the Atomic Bomb The Cynical Historian 2023-07-13 | Before the film comes out, I thought I’d make a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer to prepare for that. He was the father of the atom bomb, but later in life turned against the arms race and much more destructive hydrogen bomb, which cost him dearly. This led to a McCarthyite inquisition that revoked his clearance and made him a martyr. That’s why one biography labeled Oppy “the American Prometheus,” for he was the man who brought nuclear fire and was cursed for it. It’s a helluva story.------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, _American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer_ (New York: Vintage Books, 2006). amzn.to/3MYgBTvCampbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, _The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, 2008). amzn.to/35cXFdFRichard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, with new foreword (1986; New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012). amzn.to/3qcKUgmEric Schlosser, _Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety_ (New York: Penguin Books, 2013). amzn.to/3MFP8EXFerenc Morton Szasz, _The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion_ (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). amzn.to/3MCKHe7Tom Zoellner, _Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World_ (New York: Viking, 2009). amzn.to/43rvZgO------------------------------------------------------------Connected videosGeorge F. Kennan: youtu.be/umyl07IRS-8Nuclear mishaps: youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8wEnd of history: youtu.be/ouMs9HeJgM8------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Julius Robert Oppenheimer[note 1] (/ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the research and development undertaking that created the first nuclear weapons------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #oppenheimer #ManhattanProject
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past | Book Talk The Cynical Historian 2023-07-09 | We will be speaking about an edited volume I think many of you find enlightening - _Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past,_ edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer (New York: Basic Books, 2022). amzn.to/3J5XsNPBut before that First, I will speak about a group trip I will be hosting through Munich → Salzburg → Vienna, visiting castles and recording for a review of Sound Of Music. To reserve one of the 24 slots, go to trovatrip.com/trip/europe/germany/germany-with-joe-hall-patton-jun-2024*it does NOT include airfare,* they only cover the taxi ride from the airport - I am editing that part out of the video currentlyChapters0:00 welcome and drink2:40 TrovaTrip7:36 Myth America
10 American Founding Myths The Cynical Historian 2023-06-29 | Perhaps the most mythologized event in US history is our founding. Myths lend identity, so of course the beginning of our history is the greatest target. Of course, that's a recipe for misconceptions. The founding of this Republic is not only ripe for misinformation, but outright disinformation, as everyone wants to see themselves in the founders especially at the first of their political enemies. But it's time to dispel ten of the most common myths.Errata: Washington first acknowledged the name "town-destroyer" in 1755 b/c of his great-grandfather and Charles Brant later applied the name to the Sullivan Expedition (thx TheAlexSchmidt)------------------------------------------------------------*Bibliography*David Armitage, “The Declaration of Independence and International Law,” _William and Mary Quarterly_ 59 (January 2002): 39-64. jstor.org/stable/3491637Bernard Bailyn, _The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution_ (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017). amzn.to/3SSu5BpSteven K. Green, _Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding_ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). amzn.to/38DvnxCMichael D. Hattem, “The Historiography of the American Revolution,” _Journal of the American Revolution_ (27 August 2013). allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/historiography-of-american-revolutionGwenda Morgan, _The Debate on the American Revolution_ (Manchester, N.York: Manchester University Press, 2007). amzn.to/38Bn7hWAndrew M. Schocket, _Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution_ (New York: New York University Press, 2015). amzn.to/2NQV7b3_A Companion to the American Revolution,_ eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole (New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2000). amzn.to/2VMs4s0_Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past,_ edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer (New York: Basic Books, 2022). amzn.to/3J5XsNP------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos• 3:18 unitarians: youtu.be/5B8vgdS8ikU• 4:45 2nd great awakening: youtu.be/0AwHLRqX3Qk• 9:07 England vs. France: youtu.be/7HZTEmflKj4• 9:07 Britain vs. France: youtu.be/2it5h9e41Xo• 13:11 Lost cause myth: youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ• 13:41 Nationalism: youtu.be/UGXffvDj_E8• 17:40 How revolutionary? youtu.be/LRdmx_Y40yw• 19:11 US influence on French Revolution: youtu.be/k6FmJwOJ1rg• 24:01 Sectional Crisis lecture: youtu.be/QEnYk2xgEIo• 27:54 Neoliberalism: youtu.be/kBp69R_K1a0------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.comLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_HistoryThe misconceptions and chapters:0:00 Introduction1:07 Founders wanted Judeo-Christian values5:37 Founders were fully original thinkers7:23 Our government/revolution began in 17769:40 Slavery drove the Revolution13:17 Independence birthed a modern nation17:15 It was a conservative revolution19:23 The constitution is flawless21:02 Founders were like-minded men of the people23:37 Patriots rebelled primarily because of taxes27:16 Liberty means small government29:58 Outtro
Woman King and Dahomey Amazons | Based on a True Story The Cynical Historian 2023-06-15 | Use my code CYNICALHISTORIAN to get $5 off your delicious, high protein Magic Spoon cereal by clicking this link: https://sponsr.is/magicspoon_cynicalhistorianThe Woman King seems like a strange movie for me to review. Everyone was clowning on it because of how inaccurate the premise is, so why even subject myself to that? Well firstly, the Agojie or Amazons of Dahomey are a fascinating topic. For real they are the only time in recorded history of real life Amazons, as in a warrior class composed of only women. Even more interesting, they existed during the hey-dey of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the Ivory Coast. Indeed, their existence was predicated on that, as we will see.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*Stanley B. Alpern, Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey, with a new preface (1998; reprint, New York: New York University Press, 2011). amzn.to/3qa9U81Edna G. Bay, Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1998). amzn.to/45AuLl5Patrick Manning, Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960 (1982; reprint, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). amzn.to/45whbz7J. Cameron Monroe, The Precolonial State in West Africa: Building Power in Dahomey (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014). amzn.to/3MBDESJ------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Braveheart: youtu.be/VhEcfM0-E9MHamilton: youtu.be/OR3OjvxuOWkBased on a True Story playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVzPp-sQVV48cdfyeg9G5JJ------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The Woman King is a 2022 American drama about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies. It is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Dana Stevens, based on a story she wrote with Maria Bello. The film also stars Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and John Boyega.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #TheWomanKing #Dahomey #review #BasedOnATrueStory chapters0:00 intro3:10 magic spoon4:28 reality11:15 scholarship12:53 accuracy14:25 inaccuracy20:06 outtakes
Great Excitement : Violent Incorporation of the American Southwest The Cynical Historian 2023-06-01 | Here is a brief explanation of what my dissertation is about. It covers six events of American violence throughout the Southwest during the frontier period. Those events are the San Luis Obispo vigilantes of 1858, Espinosas' Rampage of 1863, Mesilla Plaza Election Riot of 1871, events surrounding the Lincoln County War from 1863-1908, Battle of Ambos Nogales of 1918, and the Paiute "Renegades" of southern Nevada from 1890-1919. Yeah, you can now call me "Dr. Cypher" if you want ;-)------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errataFor a bibliography and everything, see my dissertation:Joseph Hall-Patton, "Great Excitement: Violent Incorporations of the American Southwest," dissertation, University of New Mexico, 2023. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/341/------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:California history series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ruEpisodes on Las Vegas history: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWlBIcN6Xq0oJgMyEIoFrzwLincoln County War: youtu.be/thDLWcWcFtcPorfirio Diaz: youtu.be/-vssOQOCcH4------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialThreads: threads.net/@cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Randolph Roths American Homicide | Book Club The Cynical Historian 2023-05-27 | Join me to talk about important history books. I'm hoping to make this a monthly thing, a book club if you will. Today I'll focus on a topic that is very close to my dissertation's topic (American violence in the Southwest during the frontier period). Randolph Roth's "American Homicide" is a statistical survey of its titular topic, showing the many rises and falls of murder-rates throughout American history and correlating them to "strain theory" or the popularity of governance. Be sure to check out the book if you haven't already: Randolph Roth, _American Homicide_ (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009). amzn.to/3BG6gp4 I am also announcing that I'm working with TrovaTrip to setup group travel. It sounds like quite a fun thing to do, visiting destinations with folks and learning new history alongside y'all. So be sure to fill out their survey so that we can figure out what/where works for whom: my.trovatrip.com/public/l/survey/CynicalHistorian------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistoryDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
How California became the Left Coast The Cynical Historian 2023-05-18 | Go to https://sponsr.is/cs_cynical and use code CYNICAL to save 25% off today. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. At 3.33 - Mendez v. Westminster was a 9th Circuit Appellate decision, as in federal court (thx Ken Landon)California is often called the "Left Coast" because of it favoring the Democratic Party, but it has not always been that way, nor arguable an apt descriptor even today. The Golden State had a tumultuous time getting to this political status. California has determined and been affected by national politics of both parties and sides of the political spectrum. This is episode 11 of my california history series. Here is the rest of the series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*Jefferson Cowie, _The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics_ (Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 2016). amzn.to/2ZbPOarJefferson Cowie, _Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class_ (New York: The New Press, 2010). amzn.to/2KQT8TbChristopher Gair, _The American Counterculture_ (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007). amzn.to/3uQDiy2John Mack Faragher, _California: An American History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2022). amzn.to/3PQZmToDaniel Lucks, _Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump_ (Boston: Beacon Press, 2021). amzn.to/3wHugnpRick Perlstein, _Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus,_ reprint (2001; New York: Nation Books, 2009). amzn.to/3rre0odRick Perlstein, _Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America_ (New York: Scribner, 2008). amzn.to/3sLTDlQRick Perlstein, _The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan_ (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014). amzn.to/306XMo9Rick Perlstein, _Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980_ (New York: Simon and Schuster: 2020). amzn.to/2NZ4f1RKevin Starr, _California: A History_ (New York: Modern Library, 2007). amzn.to/30uufrMKevin Starr, _Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963_ (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2009). amzn.to/3qGyyve------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:California history playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ruParty Switch: youtu.be/hBHHIJG8RdsPolitical polarization series: youtu.be/i-E14o6Do9YJudas and Black Messiah / Black Panthers: youtu.be/fxFowVDa36k------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistoryDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Left Coast is a political expression that implies that the West Coast of the United States leans politically to the left or the expression can refer to states that lean politically left. The implication is that with the exception of Alaska, the states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii tend to vote for the Democratic Party, particularly in Coastal California. In the United States, the expression is used pejoratively by right-leaning people, but proudly by people on the leftHashtags: #history #california #leftcoastChapters:0:00 Intro and promo1:46 Republicans and Democrats3:48 postwar5:50 riots and reaction9:44 hippies14:50 Jerry to Reagan Revolution17:29 demographic change18:19 new millennium20:39 conclusion
College isn’t a waste, the economy is The Cynical Historian 2023-05-04 | Here is that episode on neoliberalism: youtu.be/kBp69R_K1a0Colleges being a “waste of time” is not because the degrees are economically worthless, but because the job market as a whole has become so terrible. It’s a post hoc ergo proctor hoc fallacy - as in you are reversing cause and effect. Colleges and universities used to be far cheaper or completely free; jobs have become either gigs, part-time, or had stagnant wages for decades; and yet people keep getting priced out of their own lives. Higher education is not supposed to be completely vocational and liberal arts degrees are intended to show broader acculturation, not specific applicable skills. College doesn’t prepare you for the workplace, nothing but actually working can. This foolish notion is only a recent evasion of the real problem: neoliberalism and how it’s destroyed our economy.
Drag Shows are Traditional The Cynical Historian 2023-04-28 | There’s been much fuss over drag shows recently, especially from those who claim to uphold so-called “traditional values.” Of course, these complaints are really just another way to hate-bait about queer people, but let’s examine the one thing reactionaries hold so dear: tradition. Our current form of drag became popular during Prohibition, with cabarets and speakeasies hosting what they called the “Pansy Craze.” For a century prior to that cross-dressing impersonators were seen as just a whole lot of fun, especially for children. For millennia there’s been cross-dressing performers, from Shakespear all the way back to Ancient Greek, including kissing one another. Mummer’s plays for children have prominently featured campy cross-dressing for centuries. Impersonation and overwrought performances have long been a form of popular entertainment. To suggest otherwise is to oppose tradition.
What makes something historic? feat. City Beautiful in San Luis Obispo The Cynical Historian 2023-04-14 | San Luis Obispo, or SLO for short, is a small city near and dear to my heart, not only because it's one of my hometowns, but because I've done so much work on the history here. After all, my dissertation has a chapter on it and my entire masters thesis is about the place. And it goes much deeper than that, for my father was a museum director here. You could say SLO's history is in my veins. So I've got a question to ask from all this: what makes something historic? It's it simply that it's old? Does it have a good story behind it? Is it important to promoting the area? Or is it something deeper? Well I'm here to argue that it's none of that.Check out City Beautiful's video here: youtu.be/W_N1Y9qRkjo------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*Bibliography*_City of San Luis Obispo Citywide Historic Context Statement,_ November 2013, slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4042/635497615471370000Myron Angel, _History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers_ (Oakland, Cal.: Thompson & West, 1883). archive.org/details/historyofsanluis00angeDaniel Krieger, _San Luis Obispo County: Looking Backward into the Middle Kingdom_ (Northridge, Cal.: Windsor Publications, 1988). amzn.to/42VF6qEMark Hall-Patton, _Memories of the Land: Placenames of San Luis Obispo_ (Los Osos, Cal.: EZ Nature Books, 1994). amzn.to/3lVoI8JJoseph Hall-Patton, “Pacifying Paradise: Violence and Vigilantism in San Luis Obispo,” California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, thesis, 2016. http://www.digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1594/------------------------------------------------------------My playlist on California history: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistoryDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #sanluisobispo #historicdistrict Chapters0:00 intro2:08 brief history of SLO7:44 historic districting10:30 Myron Angel12:00 things going well14:15 historical issues20:28 conclusion22:30 thanks and outtakes
Civil War : Defining a Nation | US History Lecture The Cynical Historian 2023-03-16 | Thanks to MyHeritage for sponsoring this. Goto bit.ly/TheCynicalHistorian for a free 2-week trial and 50% off from there.The Civil War was the worst war in American history. The Confederacy seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery, leading to 4 years of modern warfare the likes we have never seen. In the process the US defined what freedom meant as a nation.All US history lectures in chronological order: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXIeBg-rugKMup9o8ohyEEL------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*assigned readings for this week*Battle Hymn of the Republic (1862): youtu.be/Jy6AOGRsR80Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863): bit.ly/2WzLPpYAbraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865): bit.ly/2TbBJJMWilliam Henry Singleton, “Recollection of My Slavery Days,” Documenting the American South (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1922): bit.ly/2LxWxqF*Bibliography*James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1988). amzn.to/2PP9XzhMegan Kate Nelson, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West (New York: Scribner, 2020). amzn.to/3cGCc3jCharles Royster, _The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans,_ New Ed. (1991; New York: Vintage Civil War Library, 1993). amzn.to/39mL6wb_Wars Within a War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War,_ eds. Joan Waugh and Gary W. Gallagher (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2009). amzn.to/2UO7biuA great set of primary sources on the entire conflict: _The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,_ 129 vols. (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1882). loc.gov/item/03003452------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistoryDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union,[e] or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South").[f] The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War.[14] On the eve of the Civil War in 1860, four million of the 32 million Americans (~13%) were enslaved black people, almost all in the South.[15]The practice of slavery in the United States was one of the key political issues of the 19th century. Decades of political unrest over slavery led up to the Civil War. Disunion came after Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 United States presidential election on an anti-slavery expansion platform. An initial seven southern slave states declared their secession from the country to form the Confederacy. Confederate forces seized federal forts within territory they claimed. The last-minute Crittenden Compromise tried to avert conflict but failed; both sides prepared for war. Fighting broke out in April 1861 when the Confederate army began the Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina, just over a month after the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. The Confederacy grew to control at least a majority of territory in eleven states (out of the 34 U.S. states in February 1861), and asserted claims to two more. Both sides raised large volunteer and conscription armies. Four years of intense combat, mostly in the South, ensued.------------------------------------------------------------Hashtags: #history #CivilWar #abrahamlincoln
10 Hours to Celebrate 10th Anniversary The Cynical Historian 2023-03-12 | I started the channel on 7 March 2013, so this is the 10th anniversary. So to celebrate this channel’s first decade of existence, I’m going to livestream for 10 hours. I’ve selected 10 videos to represent each year that we’ll watch together. Along the way, I’ll be answering your questions, reminiscing about this crazy journey, and talking about what all goes on behind the scenes. Several HistoryTubers might join at random points, which include: @AlternateHistoryHub , @MLaserHistory ,@iammrbeat , @CasualHistorian , @EmperorTigerstar , @Alliterative , @DrawnofHistory , @AtunSheiFilms , @GeneaVlogger The 10 videos:2013 - first video - youtube.com/watch?v=07ogJYs85g8 - youtube.com/watch?v=teWHf2_bAd02014 - small wars - youtube.com/watch?v=1oGJ784mf_M 2015 - first BoaTS - youtube.com/watch?v=oHEUL2DBGac 2016 - Revenant - youtube.com/watch?v=rxIk4_ZE0x4 2017 - slave myths - youtube.com/watch?v=R1FO9MqWugY 2018 - Wilson - youtube.com/watch?v=Hm0Gzz53YJo - youtube.com/watch?v=3hRd8B_vZiA 2019 - westerns perished - youtube.com/watch?v=x6zD1sjnClM 2020 - lost cause - youtube.com/watch?v=5EOhXF5lNgQ 2021 - political polarization (last diatribe) - youtube.com/watch?v=i-E14o6Do9Y 2022 - Casino - youtube.com/watch?v=E33M8NawxVALET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History
Sectional Crisis : Fighting Slaverys Expansion, 1848-1861 | US History Lecture The Cynical Historian 2023-02-16 | The US in 1848-1861 was riven by the political crisis surrounding the expansion of slavery into the new western territories. They could not resolve the conflict, eventually leading to the Civil War. This is a lecture on that.------------------------------------------------------------See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata*assigned readings for this week*William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), 41, 43, 378, 137, 158: bit.ly/2z5AuF3Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia (Boston: 1860), 16, 18-20: bit.ly/2ZcBUIy1860 Republican Party Platform: bit.ly/3dU8kvoSouth Carolina Declaration of Secession (1860): bit.ly/2WBszrY*Bibliography*William J. Cooper, We Have the War Upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860 - April 1861 (New York: Vintage Books, 2011). amzn.to/2T8tIFPJoanne B. Freeman, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War (New York: Picador, 2018), ebook. amzn.to/3sqKgKWStanley Harrold, Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010). amzn.to/2xbEKSpDavid M. Potter, The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861, Reprint (1976; New York: Harper Perennial, 2011). amzn.to/3aeYy5q------------------------------------------------------------Connected videos:Sectional Crisis: youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0oUS history lectures: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXIeBg-rugKMup9o8ohyEEL------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorianor by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historianLET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorianFacebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistoryDiscord: discord.gg/Ukthk4UTwitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History------------------------------------------------------------Wiki: Slavery’s western expansion created problems for the United States from the very start. Battles emerged over the westward expansion of slavery and over the role of the federal government in protecting the interests of enslavers. Northern workers felt that slavery suppressed wages and stole land that could have been used by poor white Americans to achieve economic independence. Southerners feared that without slavery’s expansion, the abolitionist faction would come to dominate national politics and an increasingly dense population of enslaved people would lead to bloody insurrection and race war. Constant resistance from enslaved men and women required a strong pro-slavery government to maintain order. As the North gradually abolished human bondage, enslaved men and women headed north on an underground railroad of hideaways and safe houses. Northerners and southerners came to disagree sharply on the role of the federal government in capturing and returning these freedom seekers. While northerners appealed to their states’ rights to refuse to capture people escaping slavery, white southerners demanded a national commitment to slavery. Enslaved laborers meanwhile remained vitally important to the nation’s economy, fueling not only the southern plantation economy but also providing raw materials for the industrial North. Differences over the fate of slavery remained at the heart of American politics, especially as the United States expanded. After decades of conflict, Americans north and south began to fear that the opposite section of the country had seized control of the government. By November 1860, an opponent of slavery’s expansion arose from within the Republican Party. During the secession crisis that followed, fears nearly a century in the making at last devolved into bloody war.
