History by period

of Structuralist ideals? As stated in Houses of History: A critical reader in twentieth-century history and theory, “An analyst of society will seek to elucidate these structures.” How can historians examine evidence in a way that will break down barriers and make ideas clearer? Should historians consider Blaudel’s model successful, since much historical writing deals with “change over time.” 2. Leopold von Ranke once avowed, “The facts of history never come to us ‘pure’ since they do not and…

narratives of the Holocaust have been formed, as well as tracing the development of literature from publications from just after the war that became the common histories of the Holocaust up to more recent publications; the second examines narrative theory via philosophy and theology, as well as debating the “uniqueness” of the Holocaust in history. The central argument Stone constructs is that the Holocaust “provides both the occasion for, and the ultimate test of, new ways of giving meaning to…

The Appalachian Trail has been a major source of curiosity for many scholars in the past, and it will continue this trajectory for years to come. Even more individuals have embraced the theme of conservation within historical writing. Each segment of scholarship that focuses on these topics does so through varying lenses, though typically social, utilizing numerous methodologies, and originates from varying backgrounds. Despite these numerous approaches to the topics of the Appalachian Trail and…

Michel-Rolph Troillot’s Silencing the Past examines the various perspectives that existed contemporaneously during the Haitian revolution in order to bring the past into the view, and convince us that the history that is presented to us in textbooks by historians and politicians as absolute, is actually a collection of particular narratives that present themselves as objective and linear while silencing other competing narratives. Troiullot brings the Haitian revolution into focus and uncovers…

e. Macrosystem Another layer within the ecological system which includes cultural values, laws, cultural customs and resources that affect experiences and interaction of inner level of the environment is macrosystem. There are different subcultures in the United States. Urban low-income communities, rural farming communities, and suburban middle-class communities describe three different macrosystems that may differ in their subcultural beliefs about, for example, child abuse. To put it another…

Scholars sometimes struggle to assimilate history through only archeological and geological evidence. With the evolution of human history and the invention of writing, historians find a more facility in studying the civilizations that kept written records in terms of reassembling past events and having a more scrupulous understanding of early civilizations, no more based on assumptions. Written work, however, generated a new problem to historians: reliability. To know what is accurate in old…

our being left back as a people and it still acts as the major hindrance of African Americans. In Tariq Nasheeds, Hidden Color, he discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. He also mentions a case where a young black male was told that he was mentally challenged although he was not. This young man, went his whole life being told what he could not do, that he could not perform, and that he did not have the correct…

Margaret McMillan’s compelling speech on “using history to understand the present” introduces several major points that construct her idea on how History is used to understand the present. Her points revealed a different way as to how history can be used responsibly and irresponsibly. Furthermore, encompassing two ideas on the validity of history and how it is irresponsibly conveyed to the public. One of McMillan’s first major points was the argument that “humanity deprives itself of a very…

History is historian’s story and or perspective on history. Personal interpretation of history is dependent on life involvements and knowledge. This understanding may contradict with factual events however experienced events, results of past events that directly or indirectly affects a person’s life, and acquired knowledge affects the interpretation and accounts for the manner history is written by historians. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States and A Different Mirror: A History…

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…