http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28492 Electronic copies of History and Politics conference presentations. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:50:36 GMT 2026-10-03T22:50:36Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37510 Title: Treason and the Imperial Crisis, 1765-1775 Author(s): Nicolson, Colin Abstract: Research Seminar Paper for the Division of History, Heritage and Politics Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37510 2022-03-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33832 Title: Die Nachhaltigkeitsziele der Vereinten Nationen im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen globaler & lokaler Ebene Author(s): Schapper, Andrea Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33832 2021-01-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28497 Title: The Elusive Quest for a Revolutionary American State of Mind: Boston After the Massacre. Discussion by Colin Nicolson Author(s): York, Neil L Abstract: First paragraph: Historians explain why things happened, or at least why things happened the way they think they did. But ascribing meaning to particular events or turning points unavoidably premises certain causes as precursors of transformation. The Boston Massacre of 5 March 1770, as an event in political history, was for many contemporaries a consequence of misguided British policy; for historians, it seems a dramatic sideshow exemplifying popular mobilisation during the Imperial Crisis: both positions aver the primacy of ideology in causation. Also, as with any event commemorated in public history, the Boston Massacre invites reader-identification with reconstructed narratives and composite actors that while raising awareness of the past simplifies its complexity. Professor York cautions American Revolution historians tempted into projecting "states of mind" retrospectively, thus rendering past events "mere antecedent[s]" to the "future" course of events. Thus, historians' representations of past states of mind are proto-narratives striving to echo emotional intensity, and have meaning only within a larger explanatory matrix. Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28497 2018-05-03T00:00:00Z