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Role of History in Nation Building
According to Karl Wolfgang Deutsch, nation-building is constructing, creating or structuring
a national identity using the power of a state
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What is the role of history in creating a nation? Why is the study of history important?
According to Peter Stearns’ article, there are five reasons why
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We all know that there are three main tenses in English: past, present and
future
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Without the past, there would not be a
present and with no present, there would not be a future
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Whatever events happened in the past, affects the present
and the future
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How
would we know the causes of this if we do not look back on what our forefathers did to create this
global disaster? We always have to look at factors that took shape earlier in our history
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There were people who lived ages and
centuries before us, and their actions are affecting the present we live in
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In the case of global warming, if we stop or
reduce using harmful chemicals and harmful gases on our planet then climate change will reduce
and it will give us a better future
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With history we see the ways people in distant ages constructed their lives
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To cite
an example we can see how people in the 1950s lived, in contrast to how people live now
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By reading books that were written and
published in the past, we find details and additional information for us to compare to our present
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Through the years,
society’s standards changes
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For example, in
1919, Luisa Capetillo challenged the mainstream society by becoming the first woman in Puerto
Rico to wear trousers in public
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At the time of Capetillo, women had
lesser rights and wearing of pants were thought to be only made for men, was this okay in the
past? No, it was not but our society today, in the 21st century, are more lax and we learned to
accept people for who they are and what they wear
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People think that it is rather immoral
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In the future, these things will change
and society will evolve and have different views from us today and society has an impact on what
kind of nation we and will have
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In history, we can see what their illnesses were, we can know what
their hardships were
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Were our ancestors colour blind? Were they anemic? Did a certain Indios
in 1774 Manila help give our land freedom? History tells these stories that when mixed together,
create a national history
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This also means that history is essential for good citizenship
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History provides proof about how
countries have interacted with each other may it be through armed conflict or trade, this provides

us international and comparatives points of views essential for responsible citizenship
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