Historiography

In other words, the image of Hitler was seen by the people of Germany as a unifying factor designed to pursue German nationalism and the reestablishment of Germany as a leading German power following the devastation that visited Germany in the aftermaths of World War I. Thus, Gurian in 1945 utilized an approach to history that was parallel to that of Kershaw who was writing in 1987. Although these two historians were separated by over 42 years, they both realized that nationalism was a vehicle…

The beginning of the seventeenth century would become later known as the “Scientific Revolution”, for the drastic changes that occurred, in the sciences of European countries during that time period. The word “revolution” which depicts a time of uprisings and great change in society is akin the drastic change that occurred during the beginning of the seventeenth century. The Scientific Revolution is a historians’ way of summing up a slew of historical phenomenon and developments that were not…

The idea of intentionalism, in relation to the Holocaust, explains that Adolf Hitler had the initial idea of the mass execution of the European Jews as a solution to the Jewish question years before he came into power. It is believed that he had a preconceived notion that the only way to truly rid of the Jewish population was through extreme genocidal acts. Historians have debated over the idea of intentionalism vs. functionalism, but no real answer has ever been found, and perhaps never will be…

Moreover, he lists a number of aims adopted by the postcolonial criticism: initially, to reconsider the perspective of the colonised in the colonial historiography; secondly, to assess the impacts of colonialism political, economical, or cultural, and on the two sides: coloniser and colonised; and principally, to examine the process of decolonisation. Postcolonial criticism’s origins can be traced to Said’s…

The articulations of custom, tradition and culture have been posited against discourses of rights in terms of British Colonial rule in India. These distinctions emerged alongside the British ‘civilizing mission’ in which the question of rights came to the forefront of the discourse and were matched with the invention of culture. Edmond Burke’s analysis of rights in the context of the French revolution reveals that natural rights are inherited and passed down from generation to generation, as…

This paper will be divided into three main parts, each of which connects to help answer my research question. The first part will describe the mistreatment of Mexican-Americans in the Southwest United States during the time period specified above. It will address not only individual cases of violent discrimination, but also structural discrimination that affected the political and economic status of Mexican-Americans during this period of time. The second part will focus on how the…

been around it for a long time to suddenly question it. This once again reinforced why it made sense that the youth were the center of the English Reformation, as they had been exposed to the religion for a shorter time. The chapter entitled “Historiography contemporary to the English Reformation” by Rosemary O’Day also discussed the English Reformation. It mostly analyzed how the English Reformers viewed and used history for their arguments, although it also touched upon the importance of the…

colonized. The dose of magical realism in Beloved not only addresses historical issues critically in an attempt to cure the historical wounds which in turn reflects history but also it attempts to change it. Thus Beloved can be read as a postcolonial historiography intervention, a strategic re-location of history of America in the lives of the historically deprived African…

Over the course of the book, Carr stays true to offer some answers to the main question he has set out to answer. Through these answers, we can identify Carr's primary arguments : History is a dynamic process, one where facts have little intrinsic meaning and are shaped by those who study them. Carr begins by saying that the answer to the titular question will always be answered in a biased manner. He believes that the answer will always be a reflection of prevailing societal conditions at…

Sidney Mintz in Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History interprets the Caribbean history by analyzing the Caribbean production of sugar and its European consumers. Mintz approaches the methodologies of cultural history, Marxism historiography, and anthropology in analyzing the production and consumption patterns, plantation slaves and industrial workers, and the usage and its meanings in modern culture. Mintz claims that sugar necessitated European imperialism, and that empire…