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    transformed the study of history to a continuous and research driven university discipline. It is important to note that the study of history was not created by Stubbs as it was present for centuries. However through Stubbs’s work the subject of history began to have an impact for academic studies and future historians. The legacy of Stubbs can be seen through the introduction of the Constitution History of England. Stubbs’s articulates a warning to his audience before reading the history of the…

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    information about past. Three of them are: social history, oral history and visual history. Social history for many many years was a recollection of written documents to acknowledge only the important people such as country leaders or soldiers. Now social history is being studied more deeply. Historians are now studying men and women along with all the parts of their lives like work,culture and marriage and other important topics. Social history is better today because it caters to everyone men…

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    When you think of World History, some may say that you possibly think of people like Martin Luther King Jr., or Aberham Lincoln, or maybe even George Bush. Now World History is actually the global history or transnational History (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of Historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines History from a global perspective. History is definitely one of kind and is Seemingly important to know and…

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    Oral History: Effective or Defective? Oral history is a method used to attain historical knowledge through interviews and recordings of people’s memories of past events. Paul Thompson, the founder of the journal of Oral History, proclaimed, “Oral history is not necessarily an instrument for change; it depends upon the spirt in which it is used.” Most historians have mixed views on oral history. There are historians who question whether oral history is effective in the field of history, while…

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    single party. History is a story made from bits of the past, stories that are built on narratives. For example history books, these books are a reconstructed version of the past for the present. The past is what is made up of events, events that have happened before now and history. But in all the past is gone and only exist in our reconstructions of it. That is when history comes into play, it takes the events and makes it into one, leaving gaps in between the story. In relation, histories are…

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    History. It is defined as “a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes” by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. By high school students, it is often described as the class they hate the most. It is hated because it is exactly that - the study of the events that have led us to today. It can bring about controversy, it can bring about confusion, but most of all, it can bring about a sense of shame as the writers of…

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    called “Great Man History” model of viewing historical events has become more and more unpopular in modern times, being replaced with the view that historical events are merely a product of the social and political trends of the time. While I do believe that the new model is for the most part correct, it is important not to take the denial of “Great Man History” so far as to ignore the importance of certain figures throughout history. That is why I deem the statement, “history is not made by…

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    in Latin America there are many trends. Still, we see the largest change in the concepts used by former and modern historians. Although past and present historians have had to involve many social aspects in their concepts of Race in Latin American history past and present, Modern historians are able to use the many newer historical concepts available to them. These historical concepts are ones that due to postmodern popularity usually tie in with the social sciences. Historian Magnus Morner, a…

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    role popular culture plays in its history. The background surrounding the Kent State Shootings needs to be explained and uncovered in a variety of ways. The reader must be able to understand the zeitgeist of the 1970s, the culture of Kent State University, what happened to spark the Kent State shootings, how popular culture internalized the shooting through various mediums and then generated a collective memory, and how popular culture has affected the history of the Kent State shooting.…

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    History plays a very important role in our world and continues to make a great impact in our world now and further down in the future. I view history as a strong significate example of the past events, people and diverse cultures that influenced the world in tremendous ways and developed new changes along the years. I believe not knowing history is similar to not knowing yourself, who you are, where you come from, where you’re going in life and why you became the person you are today. When they…

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