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Re-Thinking History by Keith Jenkins is a book that takes a critical look at writing history and how historians have individual approaches to history and the past. Jenkins creates a debate about theories, the definition of history, the question of truth, bias, and history as a science or as an art. He asks similar questions as John Tosh and John H. Arnold. All three challenge previous historians and theories. Jenkins even asks readers what method and ideology would they choose to follow, that of…

only archeological and geological evidence. With the evolution of human history and the invention of writing, historians find a more facility in studying the civilizations that kept written records in terms of reassembling past events and having a more scrupulous understanding of early civilizations, no more based on assumptions. Written work, however, generated a new problem to historians: reliability. To know what is accurate in old literature is a challenge because it implies differentiating…

Both Howard Zinn’s and James W. Loewen’s book show evidence to support W. E. B. DuBois statement that history loses it value when only one side of the story is told. James Loewen mentioned several historic figures in his book who are mostly recognized as heroes, such as Hellen Keller, Columbus, and Woodrow Wilson. These people’s inspiring stories are shown in traditional textbooks but seldom the story of failures. When it comes to nationwide historic events, due to many reasons, history…

Historical Analysis Herodotus The Histories (excerpts) The Histories is written by Herodotus, a Greek from Halicarnassus, who traveled as a refugee and decided to work on history (Thomas R. Martin page 3). My historical analysis is written about part 2 of this document. This chapter discusses how “barbarians” lived and what beliefs they followed. It discusses what Herodotus learned about from first hand seeing, and from conversations he had with people who lived through these times. The…

Producing a History: A Case Study of the Alexander the Great Wikipedia Article Trouillot believes in analyzing the narrative, or history being told, to see how it works and under what conditions it was created, to understand the powers at play and what narratives are being silenced. In the Alexander the Great Wikipedia page, a narrative is being told, and according to Trouillot, rather than define what the history is by coming at it directly (which will only yield frustrating results), we…

Cabin Number 15 One day, some construction workers decided to build a campsite for kids close to the graveyard and the fishing lake in the forest. A construction worker said that the cabin that they built closest to the graveyard will be cabin number they each didn’t like. They came up with number fifteen. So after they built the whole camping site for kids, the whole place was a huge hit! With kids 7-15. Two years later... two girls complained that strange things were happening in cabin…

He first looks at David Roediger’s The Wages of Whiteness where Roediger looks at the history of how white workers have created the idea of whiteness and the racism towards the African-American working class. Arnesen here shows how Roediger evaluates this through social, political, psychological, and economic viewpoints. However, the author states that Roediger’s writings very broad and do not have an essential center point. From here,…

Herodotus and Sima Qian are known as two of the greatest historians of their time. In comparing each of their writings several different roles that women were meant to fill become clear. Although these vastly different cultures had limited contact, women in Greece and China were very similar during this time period. Each writer gives distinct evidence of women fulfilling, or denying the roles placed upon them as wives, mothers, daughters, oracles, soldiers, commanders, gifts, property, and…

History is the study of past events. However, there are many accounts of the events from the past. How are we supposed to know which one is right? It is simple there is no one correct version of it .History is not just about the facts, but rather the interpretation of these facts. Interpretations and perspectives not only make history more interesting, but they allow people to analyze and create their own individual conclusions. People like Howard Zinn and Paul Johnson undertake the task of…

Spanish crown decimating South America in the name of God, Gold, & Glory; more so for gold and to expand the Spanish empire. His mind opening retelling of the “Hero” adventurer, Christopher Columbus who brought destruction and death to the Native Americans by bringing diseases and violence but somehow celebrated with his own holiday. Zinn continues to describe in later chapters how entire countries, governments, and even its citizens move entirely on a bias of history. History taught in school…