Holy shit, WORD about reconstruction! America was on a spiral into political and sociological hell for a couple of decades. It was the worst, and when we thought it couldn't get any worse, it did.
And yet, it was the start of an amazing intellectual & theological flowering in Europe and only gradually filtered over here, which is why I spent a lot of time in European history for that era.
Being a cultural historian the one thing I rescue from that 1865-1901 period is the growth of mass media, mass marketing, mass merchandising and the monoculture. Other than that it's mostly "here is a list of terrible things people did to other people they didn't quite consider human due to race in the south, the north, and the west! Good times!" But yeah, fin-de-siecle European intellectual history is completely fascinating--their Progressive project, so much better than hours, mostly for the aforementioned reasons!
Okay, I love how you 'talk' about your university. Really gave me a great sense for it that all the grandiose descriptions of history could never have done. You made it personal and special.
Then you blew my mind with the Clint/Coulson. OMG! I melted at Clint's outburst and Phil's surprise was perfect. *sighs happily* (And we won't talk about where my intended-to-be CC fic has meandered off to, okay?)
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And thanks for that super awesome prompt! Yay!
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And yet, it was the start of an amazing intellectual & theological flowering in Europe and only gradually filtered over here, which is why I spent a lot of time in European history for that era.
Will take you up on your recs.
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Then you blew my mind with the Clint/Coulson. OMG! I melted at Clint's outburst and Phil's surprise was perfect. *sighs happily* (And we won't talk about where my intended-to-be CC fic has meandered off to, okay?)
*hugs*
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Aww, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed! I'll likely clean it up and post it properly this weekend sometime.
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