tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post113644578706871454..comments2023-05-31T14:16:36.022+03:00Comments on Otto's Random Thoughts: The Dozen Most Important Historical Events in Modern Kazakhstan and ArizonaJ. Otto Pohlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1136830328149672462006-01-09T21:12:00.000+03:002006-01-09T21:12:00.000+03:00'Done to death"? Well, yes. French studies, as w...'Done to death"? Well, yes. French studies, as well as German and Western European, is claustrophobic, and people reinvent ways of looking at familiar material more than finding new sources. Of course, Medieval and Ancient history have always been in this position. Britain, however, does not suffer the fate of France, even though it has been done to death as well. Indeed, some historians (like Ferguson and Hitchens) have founds ways of reinventing British history to make empire look benign. <BR/><BR/>By comparisson, Central Asia is unfamiliar, unexplored, as well as current for contemporary politics. It is a better arena to explore the issue of empire.<BR/><BR/>But does 'done to death' mean irrelevant? French history is still a source of metaphors and tropes that are contested with tremendous energy.Nathanaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298281607088328181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1136614602457823832006-01-07T09:16:00.000+03:002006-01-07T09:16:00.000+03:00Well the guy who wrote the original post on France...Well the guy who wrote the original post on France lives in Massachusetts. My Ph.D. is from SOAS and my dissertation as well as much of my published work deals with Kazakhstan. In particular the influx of national deportees to the territory during World War II.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1136567413481365082006-01-06T20:10:00.000+03:002006-01-06T20:10:00.000+03:00i think i can figure out why arizona but if you do...i think i can figure out why arizona but if you don't mind me asking was there a particular reason for kazakhstan?michael the tubthumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230098214053507184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-1136555122937719282006-01-06T16:45:00.000+03:002006-01-06T16:45:00.000+03:00Tombstone existed because of silver mining. But, s...Tombstone existed because of silver mining. But, silver was not nearly as important as copper. Really only in the 1870s and 1880s was silver mining a major industry in Arizona. After that copper was the most important mineral resource in the territory.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.com