Historical documents

Recollection and historiography are key themes within Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan, which not only discusses but also engages in historiography through the use of government documents and other primary sources relevant to the internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II. It follows that most literary criticism and scholarship of Obasan has at least secondarily discussed historiography. However, the literature that is primarily concerned with historiography has tended to focus more…

AD Cai Lun was credited for the invention of paper, an object that would become the foundation in regards to the success of China and nations as a whole. Cai Lun made the biggest impact on society due to making paper convenient, with paper, historical documents could be written, and finally, paper is widely used in today’s society. Cai Lun thought of the idea of inventing paper after visiting a village and noticed that there was a thin layer of material left on a bamboo mat. He was then inspired…

history of ninjas, but I forewarn you that the the stories I will talk about are not necessarily believed by everybody, many of them are hypotheses. As the history of ninjas is so long, it is hard to find conclusive evidence throughout the historical documents available today. Firstly, it is said that the prototype group techniques of ninjas were born in classical China. As I already explained in the previous chapter, "Sun-Tzu " emphasized the importance of espionage about no less than 2500…

are for researchers who are looking for historical documents, while the museum is focused on the more casual visitor seeking information about the president. This duality of purposes requires a more synthesized look at the presidential library system for information seekers. The majority of the literature written in scholarly articles about the presidential library system breaks down into three major topics, concerns about access to presidential documents, the cost of the library system as being…

tool for researchers and people researching family genealogies. As with Kīpuka, Papakilo makes documents and archives available that used to only be accessible through libraries, archives, the State Historical Preservation Division, and the Bureau of Conveyances. Digitizing the documents is becoming more important as the originals degrade and become useless (Quitevis, 2015). Preserving historical documents through digitization also makes them easily accessible through a web…

a year after the massacre; 1521. The document itself reveals two implications; a) the extreme fear and disconcertedness of the Aztec empire, and b) the Spaniards' desperate, yet overconfident conviction for power; therefore, an anticipated loss of the Aztec empire. Considering the previous/ongoing (at the time of the massacre) tension, it is safe to assume, that the Spaniards’ attack, perhaps was not necessarily as unexpected as it is described in the document. However, about the fact that the…

to abolish slavery through the 13th Amendment in a certain amount of time. This is a historical movie based on facts on how he did so, and also some facts on what type of person he was and how he lived. Though this movie was based on facts, it does have scenes that are not entirely true. People don’t know how Lincoln entire life was, but made changes based on rumors, and facts. The Lincoln movie do have historical accuracy, but also some slight changes upon some characters and events. To…

Review Rebecca J. Scott and Jean M. Hebrard's, Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation, is a slim and fantastic historical saga that describes historical events through five generations of the Tinchant family during the time of the Atlantic World. Throughout this book, Scott and Hebrard describes and illustrates the power of written documents as well as it's take on social mobility and the changes through social classes. They focused this "micro-history set in motion"…

Ethos appeals more to the credibility of the source, whereas pathos appeals more to the emotional side of the audience. Ethos can be included through citing historical examples and quoting reputable sources, both of which are correctly fulfilled by the writers. They have provided references to multiple historical events, like Stalin's purges and the Zinoviev Letter and have cited sources such as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and Vint Cerf, building the credibility…

Edith-Matilda” was a part of collected document from Medieval England 1500-1000: A Reader edited by Emilie Amt. Her document was edited from Edmer’s History of Recent Event in England: Historia Novorum in Anglia. This book was published by Geoffrey Bonsanquet, who translated Eadmer’s book from Latin to English. This text describes Queen Edith-Matilda’s trial. It is our job as a historian to analysis the document to understand conception of history. Too understand and analyze document, we must…