Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Original Meanings
I have just read "Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution" for a previous class so my pre-read of this book has already been done. However I think the title is very indicative of some Rakove's goal for this book. It implies that there is more than a single possible interpretation of the Constitution. The second part of the title seems to also express some struggle intellectually that might (we all know there was) have occurred in the process so to speak, in the writing of the Constitution. Thoughts?
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
To get this all started I had a question concerning a term found in the reading, which also popped up in readings for Dr. Steffen's seminar on Revolutionary America. Does anyone have a good understanding of "parvenu?" Does this term have any significance for class or cullture in colonial Virginia specifically?
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Instructions for Posting
Welcome to Constitutional Studies--a blog for HIST 8035 students. This blog will be a source of ongoing communication for the class. It is designed to highlight conversations on our weekly reading, on research questions that we have, and on contemporary constitutional issues that require historical perspective.
There are a simple set of rules that we will use for posting, included below.
Rule 1: you may post on discussion questions for next week's reading, or you may share extra readings or other ideas connected with the next week's topic. OR, you may post links to websites of interest, books or articles, or other resources that others in the class may find helpful. Especially of interest are links to examples of the uses of history in the modern day world.
Rule 2: you should comment early and often on posts. All posts should be invitations to discussion.
Rule 3: debates are permitted. Rules of courtesy and professionalism apply. As administrator, I will remove any and all inappropriate posts.
Rule 4: you MUST add labels to all of your posts, so that we can find them and use them later. You should add a LABEL for any author you are referencing (make sure you do the last name, first name format for this kind of posting, e.g.: Morgan, Edmund), as well as something to identify the topic or period. Try to match tags already in existence, and if one does not exist, then go ahead and create it.
Rule 5: more rules will be added as we go along.
Happy blogging!
There are a simple set of rules that we will use for posting, included below.
Rule 1: you may post on discussion questions for next week's reading, or you may share extra readings or other ideas connected with the next week's topic. OR, you may post links to websites of interest, books or articles, or other resources that others in the class may find helpful. Especially of interest are links to examples of the uses of history in the modern day world.
Rule 2: you should comment early and often on posts. All posts should be invitations to discussion.
Rule 3: debates are permitted. Rules of courtesy and professionalism apply. As administrator, I will remove any and all inappropriate posts.
Rule 4: you MUST add labels to all of your posts, so that we can find them and use them later. You should add a LABEL for any author you are referencing (make sure you do the last name, first name format for this kind of posting, e.g.: Morgan, Edmund), as well as something to identify the topic or period. Try to match tags already in existence, and if one does not exist, then go ahead and create it.
Rule 5: more rules will be added as we go along.
Happy blogging!
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