Historian

When you think of history, Historians always come to mind at least for myself. Historians are what bring history to the everyday person, they do the research and look into documentations of historical items, gather and compile information for knowledge as well as for the general population to gain knowledge of historical facts such a teachers and history majors. At least that is the view I have taken on what a historian does, I know there is so much more than that but that is a short version of…

helped us learn the most about the Aegean civilization. Through his findings, historians have been able to uncover more about these ancient civilizations. I choose Sir Arthur Evans for a couple of reasons. First, he discovered the the ancient capital of Knossos by digging up a palace. This finding allowed him to name the civilization Minoan. This was the first lead on the Minoan civilization and gave historians insight on the time period. Upon searching for more, he found Egyptian…

drug supply and provision in the Confederate Army, while Smith’s book details the history of the U.S. government laboratories in Philadelphia and Astoria, New York. Next came historian Bruce A. Evans, who studied drug therapies during the war in his book, A Primer of Civil War Medicine. Evans’ presents in his argument in a unique and interesting way by presenting “the essentials of medical therapeutics as they would have been summarized by a reasonably well trained mainstream physician during…

America. In this series, he summarizes the past historian viewpoint that the American Revolution just played a role in the evolving of human liberty and affairs, also known as the “Whig view of history.” However; during the late 19th century, historians known as the “imperial school” argued that the revolution was more of a conflict constitutionally with the British Empire, rather than the fulfillment of human liberty and it's destiny. Later on, historians such as George Beer, Charles Andrews,…

Carolyn Steedman’s essay ‘The Space of Memory: In an Archive’- from her book Dust that analyses how modern historiography has developed. By considering the experience of historians in national and regional archives, the relationship of memory to history and historical practice is discussed. The professional experience of historians is connected to wider social and psychological uses of the past, and of history in European societies, over the 200 years since official archives were inaugurated. …

Francis Bacon points out that the historical knowledge of truth is often distorted by "idols" own addictions of man. The historian seeks to restore the moments of the past, relying on social facts and artifacts. As Oscar Wilde said, The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it, because subjectivity lies in knowing to try to identify the term by giving a name to what has changed…

Hawaiians will be misled by the historians and think the things that are set up by the colonizer were already existed in their history and the locals would like to follow those patterns. Trask indicated in the article that the historians wrote the Hawaiian chiefs were landlords. However, the true history is that no one owned the land before the white people came. Actually, the landlord system is the same as the European private property. This shows that the historians implement something that…

SCHOOLS AND DEBATES A women’s role in Nazi Germany was to provide more children to fill the Lebensraum. Some historians argue whether they resisted the Nazi regime or if they conformed to their policies. Matthew Stibbe, an entrepreneur and author; says the historical writings are just as controversial as the German resistance. Stibbe even quotes Ian Kershaw on supporting the history of resistance was a main role in Germany’s self-image. This in other words brought out the political…

According John Gaddis in “The Landscape of History” he explores the question of “What do historians do?”, along with the various ways in which they conduct their research to ultimately document history. In comparison to Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner’s book “The Family: A World History” they approach history from the perspective of the family. Maynes and Waltner explore the history of the family and its influence on religion and politics. Though both books explore contrasting arguments, we can…

British historians have focused blame on the american colonists. The specific causes, and the importance of each cause have varied between historians. Although some blame the legislation of the British, other historians find west ward expansion to be the leading cause. During the evolution study of the Revolutionary War, ways of thinking have changed from the loyalists, whigs, progressives, imperial school, and most recently the neo-whigs. Using the various writings of major historians from…