Response to Howard Zinn article History is something we constantly refer to progress ourselves as humans‚ we learn from our mistakes and continue to strive from our successes. But who is to say what is a horrible mistake or a courageous act of valor? That which was documented about what happened so long ago‚ was done by a person who spread the story or wrote it down from their perspective. Howard Zinn’s argument that there is no
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understood” (Green & Troup). Discuss‚ with reference to at least TWO historians. One of these must be Commager. This statement is true‚ and is supported by a range of information‚ particularly shown in ‘The Records of the Historian’ of Sima Qian and ‘The Nature and Study of History’ by Commager. Commager and Sima Qian provide evidence for how history is based on a theory and how it is eventually selected‚ filtered and understood. Historians have different ideologies and judgements‚ which make up unique
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of the important memories he’s had was the time he summoned some people from the past; historians. All of this was a big metaphor‚ and very satiric. This part of Gulliver’s Travel is very important because it is very much symbolic; it symbolizes a lot about Gulliver. Gulliver summoned historians by cutting his finger using his blood. There are many symbolic reasons to why and how Gulliver summoned the historians. Some examples include that Gulliver was stuck in time; he did not know where or how her
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Nilakanta Sastri and other historians also helped overcome the regional bias. In this respect‚ as in many others‚ nationalist historical writing in India became a major unifying factor as far as the literate Indians were concerned. Nationalist historiography flourished mainly in dealing with the ancient and medieval periods. In the First Generation‚ the Indian historians began writing ancient Indian history. Most famous among them was R.G. Bhandarkar. The Indian historians did not have any new perspective
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has a unique viewpoint which he subconsciously brings to bear on all incoming sensory material; totally objectivity is just not possible for anyone. History book are inherently biased because of the personal influence and interpretation of historians. Historians put their own biases in every aspect of collecting data and presenting it. All of the material would be part fact‚ part inference‚ part judgment‚ and part
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work in the Middle East has proved that much of his account of Egypt and Babylon is more accurate than was commonly assumed‚ and scholars have assessed him more carefully. (Starr‚ 149) Herodotus‚ the father of history‚ is not the most accurate historian. The difficult process of note taking in his time prevented him from keeping an accurate account of his findings. Herodotus had to rely on his memory while writing The Histories. In his accounts there are flaws in his dates and geography‚ however
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Soviet Russia has been published in Pelicans‚ including the Bolshevik Revolution‚ The Interregnum‚ and two volumes of Socialism in One Country. Professor Carr’s most recent book‚ a collection of essays‚ is 1917: Before and After (1968). I. The Historian and His Facts I OFTEN THINK IT ODD THAT IT SHOULD BE SO DULL‚ FOR A GREAT DEAL OF IT MUST BE INVENTION. q -Catherine Morland on History WHAT is history ? Lest anyone think the question meaningless or superfluous‚ I will take as my text
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"What is History?" E.H. Carr reasons that history is dependent on the views and opinions of historians. History is "a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts‚ an unending dialogue between the present and the past." His essay examines some interesting points in regards to history and whether much of it is actual truth or simply an interpretation of the facts set before the historian. Carr compares the writings of Acton and Sir George Clark. Acton‚ who wrote in the
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Throughout history there are all kinds of historians that describe about our history and how we got to where we are. Charles Beard is a unique historian because he talks about the motives on our history event by not just any event. This issue created a lot of debate on what Charles Beard believed and that is the motives of the Founding Fathers. Charles Beard published An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States on whether the Constitution’s backers simply concerned for the
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scenarios and‚ because Aristotle mentions poetry imitating nature‚ we can learn from others actions and what consequences they might have. On the other hand‚ Aristotle argues that history is singular. He goes on to say‚ “The distinction between historian and poet is not in the one writing prose and the other verse–you might put the work of Herodotus into verse‚ and it would still be a species of
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