Historiography

Man-made structures are a huge contributing factor involved in the development and understanding of a Gothic novel. Structures such as castles, big houses and monasteries are fundamental aspects that are continually present in Gothic novels, and form a basis that allow its characters to flourish. These constructions are continually prevalent in Gothic writing, as according to Anthony Roche, they regularly appear in all work over two centuries of Gothic scripture (“The Big House in Ireland:…

wrongs. As part of primary source documentation, he draws on complementary sources such as archaeological records. Otherwise, he draws on secondary literature to follow the chain of Alamo misunderstandings and places himself firmly within the historiography, following in the footsteps of Lack and…

on memory can seriously affect a person’s life long after the events that are burned into memory have actually occurred. This reading is 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…

Race, particularly whiteness, is a human construct with fluidity that has changed throughout time to denote the desired and powerful from the Otherized. Whiteness or Caucasian, as a classification of desired standing, gained popularity and support following its inclusion by German scientist, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in the 1795, and has since been adapted to include and exclude different “racial” groups over time. The concept of race, and whiteness, is therefore a creation used to justify…

In the play, As You Like it, Shakespeare pens through the character Jaques, the proverbial saying, “all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.” No doubt, we are all players on the world's stage, but like Shakespeare—whether we've ever put pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, to spin a yarn or not—I believe we are all storytellers as well. As the oft-quoted dictum goes, knowledge is power, and stories, ab initio have been its modus operandi. Romantic, or realistic,…

While recognizing the importance of these pre-1960s historians, we usually associate the rise of women’s history with the late 1960s-1970s, inspired from the ferment of the long sixties political movement. In the context of these works, Canadian women sought greater recognition of the social, economic, legal, and political positions in society. Feminists, newly aware of forms of contemporary oppression that never before had been ‘named’, were understandably interested in explanations for…

It is worthy to mention China’s reaction to the shift in United States policy after the Cold War, which became deeply embroiled in historical polemics when public discourse framed the Massacre in a solely political, rather than moral, fabric of analysis. By excluding Beijing from the peace settlement with Japan and by encouraging Japan to remilitarise, the US now appeared to be in close collusion with its own former enemy and posed a direct threat to the new government in China. What transpires…

West, Partners in Command: Relationships Between Civil War Leaders, March to the Sea, and General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse. Dr. Glatthaar is considered to be one of the most prominent Civil War historians in the historical realm. The historiography of the monograph dates back to sixteen months after the beginning of the Civil War and the book itself elevates Civil War literature due to the fact that it sheds light on the United States Colored troops which are not commonly spoken…

anticipation. Fulbrook describes the central thesis of her book to be around the idea ‘that popular discontent alone was not sufficient enough to fell the system.’ It’s clear from the outset that Fulbrook wanted to move away from the traditional historiography around the GDR, in order to concentrate on internal opposition and the paradox in a regime that fell in ‘gentle revolution’, despite being painted as a state controlled entirely through conformity, compliance and coercion. When looking at…

anti-abolitionists who wanted to get money by capturing slaves. In the end,they escaped and traveled to Canada for a better life. This source is appropriate for this monograph because it helps contribute to the understanding and supports the novel. A historiography that compares to Johnson’s representation is the novel written by Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery. The novel follows how slavery was a necessity for industrialization. That the plantations allowed for a lot of money used to…