It is the most interesting and innovative approach to history. The pathfinder of the field was the German Historian George G Igger. He developed it as a methodology in 1970’s to counter the traditional methodology of Social sciences. The basic objection of him was that through the traditional methodology it is not possible to know the concrete reality of small scale life. The small scale life refers to the Anthropological‚ Cultural‚ Sociological‚ Political‚ Economic and all other inclusive
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The History of the Fair Labor Standards Act Abstract After the great depression‚ unions were legalized in order to be the voice for the workers for whom they represented to their employers. Once this legalization became evident through federal statute‚ set the stage for what was to become the Fair Labor Standards Act. Having just survived a depression‚ the United States was hoping to avoid any future economic downturns‚ the government would accomplish this with paying higher wages that the
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Part 1 -- The History of China Before we discuss individual technological developments‚ you should read the following three essays that will give you a historic context for these developments. Concise Political History of China‚ an online article by Paul Halsall compiled from Compton ’s Living Encyclopedia on America Online‚ http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinhist.html Chinese Periodization in Light of Economic Developments by Paul Halsall‚ http://www.mastep
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Summer AP World History The Case for Big History “Big History” should be the prevailing way of to how we view history. “Big History” includes more than just human history‚ but also ranges from the creation of earth (the big bang theory) to how history has an effect on us today. It includes information about our world‚ universe and all things leading up to this very day. History is a crucial must‚ if we are to understand our world. If we know things of the past on a larger time scale‚ we may
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The Importance of History History is an important part of anyone’s life. History helps understand the past so the people of the country can understand where they come from. The subject helps children understand who they are and where they came from. History is basically knowledge about the past events. It is a part of everyday life that goes partially un-noticed. Everybody‚ people talk about past events without even knowing that they are performing the task. One needs to know and understand
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There are two views of the theories of the philosophies of history‚ the idealistic and the materialistic. St. Augustine‚ Thomas Carlyle‚ G.W.F. Hegel‚ Karl Marx‚ the Whig Interpretation explained by H. Butterfield‚ the World System Analysis explained by Immanuel Wallerstein‚ and the Annales School all express these different philosophies of history. Some express idealistic views like Augustine‚ Carlyle‚ Hegel‚ and The Whigs (Butterfield)‚ and others the materialistic view like Marx‚ Wallerstein‚
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When the class split between the history‚ policy‚ and NYU groups for the teaching module‚ I decided to join the history group because of my interest in history in general and due to the fact that it was the topic out of the three that I knew the least about. Though I didn’t know much about the other two‚ they were at least in the news and President Hamilton’s emails‚ whereas the only thing I could think of at the time in regards to the history of sanctuary was the picture of Jean Valjean finding
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we will examine the history of where Dubstep originated from‚ Major Dubstep DJ ’s‚ and different characteristics of Dubstep. The history behind Dubstep was first intened to have more bass in electronic music in 2002. It started in a town called Croydon‚ England. There isn ’t really anyone who actually created this type of music because there is different types of dubstep music‚ and it became so popular and has evolved and grown so much. According to udubstep.com‚ the history of Dubstep is thought
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25 questions will be chosen from the list of the following 61 topics. 3 points are required for each topic. Read the question alone very carefully; be aware of what exactly he is asking for. 1. Migrations of indigenous peoples from Asia 2. Indigenous peoples’ population numbers around 1492/tribal diversity 3. Domestication of corn by Mexican indigenous peoples/Cahokia 4. Virgin soil epidemics vs. warfare deaths in demise of indigenous peoples 5. European ideas of Paradise
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In my opinion‚ History is a teacher. However‚ due to the fact that history is created and interpreted by people‚ history is also relative to the people that interpret it. First of all‚ history is the record and interpretation of previous events. I feel that history is something to be learned from. After all‚ if a person ignores history‚ it won’t disappear‚ it will only happen again. When you study history‚ you analyze it and interpret it. By analyzing it you create a lesson from the facts that you
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