Historiography

CONTEXTUAL PROJECT ON RESEARCH IN NURSING PROGRAMME NAME: BLOCK I (BMN004) STUDENT NAME: OGUNSUYI GLADYS OBIAGELI (MRS) ADMISSION NUMBER: 15112 DUE DATE: 20TH JUNE, 2015 INTRODUCTION: This contextual project work consist of 10 concepts from the module entitled Research in Nursing Block I. Each one of the concepts will be described by me in terms of its meaning, critically analyzed for its real life application, and will be followed by some references of the current research evidence. Real…

The historian/critic is trapped in his own ‘historicity’. No one can rise above his own social formations, his ideological upbringing in order to understand the past on its terms. What new historicists are concerned with is the recovery of the original ideology which gave birth to the text and which the text in turn helped to disseminate throughout a culture. New historicism is a collection of practices rather than a school or a method. To further buttress this, Stephen Greenblatt who is…

Historical Analysis Herodotus The Histories (excerpts) The Histories is written by Herodotus, a Greek from Halicarnassus, who traveled as a refugee and decided to work on history (Thomas R. Martin page 3). My historical analysis is written about part 2 of this document. This chapter discusses how “barbarians” lived and what beliefs they followed. It discusses what Herodotus learned about from first hand seeing, and from conversations he had with people who lived through these times. The…

My two primary sources is about 9/11. My first primary source explains, "What happened that day?," "Who attacked us?," "How did America respond to 9/11?," and "How did America change after 9/11?" (PS1). My second primary source goes more in-depth about what happened on 9/11. It also include photo's that signified that important day. A historian would use 9/11 as a primary source because "September 11 is the never-to-be-forgotten anniversary of major terrorist attacks on the United Sates" (PS2).…

The United States stands to be one of the most successful countries in the modern world. With a GDP of nearly 53,000 USD (United States Census Bureau, 2013), the US outcompetes nearly every other nation. This profound success is backed by an extensive and rich history, spanning from the time of colonization to modern day. However, the history of the United States is not one that is filled with joyous and pleasant occasion. It is marked by streaks of mistreatment and exploitation, including…

During the American Revolution from 1776 to 1783, people were experiencing hardships with the battles and corruption of the battle between the Patriots and British. Teenagers were the main source of the growing army and were the ones who were drafted into the armies along with the men who were able to volunteer. The book, I was a Teenager in the American Revolution: 21 Young Patriots and Two Tories Tell Their Stories, tells of the teenagers who have lived through the difficult times and…

History hasn’t always been a struggle for historians, but with new scholars in the field every day, new issues come up. Now the problem of narrativization, moralization and what the hegemonic narrative in a story is are big concerns among historians and historiographers, no matter what the topic is. Many scholars have tried to solve these issues and alternatives were proposed with side by side histories for example. Although the principal way of representing the past today still is the…

According to dictionaries, “a blog is a website containing a writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites. There are also blog posts included on blogs, and those are defined as a single entry or post on such a website,” (dictionary.com) Blogs have continued to become more popular as the years have progressed. There are millions of blogs on the Internet, and thousands of different topics. If there is a topic…

1. In one to two paragraphs, summarize the secondary source for which you completed the Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet in learning block 2-4. Focus on the secondary source’s thesis, arguments, use of primary sources, potential biases, reliability, and usefulness to a beginning researcher. In the article, the Search for Middle Ground written by J. Samuel Walker, the author J. Samuel Walker addresses a chronically and fueled debate between many well-known scholars about Truman’s decision to…

In the book “Writing in History” by Mary Lynn Rampolla, in Chapter 1 “ Introduction: Why Study History?” states that we don’t study history for the facts, but to better understand the ideas and realities that shaped a society during that time. This why we ask questions such: Who? What? When? and Why? For example, that’s why history textbooks start every chapter with a questions . Rampolla states that there are two reason why should we even care to study the past: firstly, the past informs us…