Ryan Archer Eddy Period 1 6 May 2010 Do We Live In the 18th Century? There are a few German scholars who believe that a 300 year time period was just written in the history books‚ without actually existing. The gap in history has been coined the Phantom Time Theory or Phantom Time Hypothesis. Although it is not a very widely accepted theory‚ there is a fair amount of evidence to back it up. Time itself has very many definitions‚ the historical records of the time don’t coincide‚ and astronomy
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More Than a Carpenter The author of the book‚ “More Than a Carpenter”‚ Josh McDowell was once a very lost man. He ridiculed Christians. He had no knowledge of what he was attacking until one day his own search for happiness led him down a road he was not prepared for. When he took on this project more than 30 years ago‚ he did so with the idea of refuting Christianity. He was of the mindset that all Christians must be out of their minds. He found himself accepting a challenge to research the
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are one of the most important processes throughout history. Carole Hillenbrand tries to portray this event from the Islamic perspective in her book “The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives”. She believes that the Crusades are underrated in Islamic historiography. A good book‚ describing this process from Muslims’ point of view‚ does not exist. The author refuses to use opinions of Near Eastern Christians: ”The material presented in this book excludes the views attitudes of Near Eastern Christians - Coptic
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1 The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman A predilection for the high drama of war stories and an appreciation for history as narrative led me explore Barbara W. Tuchman’s The Guns of August ‚ a dramatic‚ comprehensive and painstakingly detailed account of the beginnings of World War One. Having read her history of fourteenth century Europe‚ A Distant Mirror‚ I was eager to see how she would apply her style of taking important individuals of the period and showing how events unfolded through
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Beloved: A Historical Healing Toni Morrison’s Beloved reconceptualizes American history. In her novel‚ Morrison tells a story of the struggles of a newly freed black mother who becomes a slave to her own internal captivity. Beloved differs from conventional textbook history because it presents the firsthand thoughts and experiences of African American ex-slaves. By giving these slaves a voice in her novel‚ Morrison resists and subverts the Euro American discourse that has concealed the horrible
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Holton - Forced Founders Edit 0 3… Woody Holton. Forced Founders: Indians‚ Debtors and Slaves in the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. 1999: University of North Carolina Press. (231 pages) Columbia Commentary From Videri: Holton observes that relations between two classes are often deeply influenced by a third class. Scholars have traditionally conceived of the American Revolution as a conflict between white American colonists (usually embodied in elites like Thomas Jefferson
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difference of opinion. Thus‚ catholicity was introduced to Indian society by the British authorities. The British help in rediscovering the glorious past of India is certainly memorable. The distinct contribution of the European scholars to Indian historiography was ideological studies which began with the foundation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784 by Sir William Jones. Then a band of British scholars were dragged to the research on Indian history and
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Frontier and Western Issues: A Historiographical Review. New York: Greenwood Press‚ 1986. Includes thirteen essays on the progress and movements in regard to the American Frontier. The introduction examines problems within the field of frontier historiography. The essays include useful bibliographies‚ methodologies and discussions on the effectiveness of research. Taylor‚ George Rogers‚ ed. The Turner Thesis: Concerning the Role of the Frontier American History. Lexington‚ MA: D.C. Heath and Company
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Denmark Vesey was an African-American leader of an attempted slave insurrection in 1822. After many years as a slave‚ he won $1‚500 in a lottery. Vesey used this money to purchase his freedom. He used his intelligence‚ energy‚ and luck to acquire considerable wealth and influence in South Carolina. All of these factors helped lead to the largest attempted slave revolt in American history. David Robertson’s book Denmark Vesey outlines his life as a slave‚ to his freedom‚ to his execution‚ and
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com/encyclopedia/society/iroquois-confederacy-traditional-culture-political-organization.html>. 6 Kanatiiosh. "The Longhouse." The Longhouse. Kanatiiosh‚ 2001. Web. 9 Mar. 2013. <http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/longhouse.htm>. 7 Martin‚ Marlene M. Society-Iroquois. Historiography. University of Kent at Canturbury‚ n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2013. [ 2 ]. Grecinger‚ Myranda. "Marriage‚ Kinship and Culture: An Examination of the Traditional Iroquois." HubPages. Hub Pages Inc.‚ 2013. Web. 07 Mar. 2013. . [ 11 ]. Kanatiiosh. "The Longhouse
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