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La’Drea White
5 November 2014
Précis Summary
AP U.S. History
Period 2
The Secret Life of a Developing Country (OURS)
Thesis: Larkin’s MAJOR argument was that there were various social customs and behaviors within the newly independent USA, many of which are contradictory to the “placid…white-picket-fence nation we imagine ourselves to have been.” His assertion was that many aspects have contributed to who we’ve become today; such as the nature of the region and the social traits colonists possessed. Larkin thinks that people should realize that social customs change slowly over time and we have not always been as we are today.
Thesis: Larkin’s MAJOR argument was that there were various social customs and behaviors within the newly independent USA, many of which are contradictory to the “placid…white-picket-fence nation we imagine ourselves to have been.” His assertion was that many aspects have contributed to who we’ve become today; such as the nature of the region and the social traits colonists possessed. Larkin thinks that people should realize that social customs change slowly over time and we have not always been as we are today.
By: Jack Larkin
Salient Points of Interest –
* Wide variety of characteristics of facial express due to regional differences
* NE- constrained, gruff, slow, slouched due to heavy labor/Calvinism
* Irish- lively / Blacks- uncontrolled physical energy; rhythmic motion
* City folk- knitted eyebrow, fast and compressed face of concentration (work)
* Westerners- lively, free to express themselves, eccentric
* Southerners- plantation farmers, little labor, grace and arrogance
* 19th century Americans were very dirty; rarely washed themselves/clothing
* Bed bug infestation
* Waste was collected in chamber pots, thrown out into the streets for pigs
* 1830s more baths and some flushing toilets
* Some become more concerned with bathing, slow advancement
* Americans...
5 November 2014
Précis Summary
AP U.S. History
Period 2
The Secret Life of a Developing Country (OURS)
Thesis: Larkin’s MAJOR argument was that there were various social customs and behaviors within the newly independent USA, many of which are contradictory to the “placid…white-picket-fence nation we imagine ourselves to have been.” His assertion was that many aspects have contributed to who we’ve become today; such as the nature of the region and the social traits colonists possessed. Larkin thinks that people should realize that social customs change slowly over time and we have not always been as we are today.
Thesis: Larkin’s MAJOR argument was that there were various social customs and behaviors within the newly independent USA, many of which are contradictory to the “placid…white-picket-fence nation we imagine ourselves to have been.” His assertion was that many aspects have contributed to who we’ve become today; such as the nature of the region and the social traits colonists possessed. Larkin thinks that people should realize that social customs change slowly over time and we have not always been as we are today.
By: Jack Larkin
Salient Points of Interest –
* Wide variety of characteristics of facial express due to regional differences
* NE- constrained, gruff, slow, slouched due to heavy labor/Calvinism
* Irish- lively / Blacks- uncontrolled physical energy; rhythmic motion
* City folk- knitted eyebrow, fast and compressed face of concentration (work)
* Westerners- lively, free to express themselves, eccentric
* Southerners- plantation farmers, little labor, grace and arrogance
* 19th century Americans were very dirty; rarely washed themselves/clothing
* Bed bug infestation
* Waste was collected in chamber pots, thrown out into the streets for pigs
* 1830s more baths and some flushing toilets
* Some become more concerned with bathing, slow advancement
* Americans...