We have read three texts for class this week: Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism, Paul Gilroy's “Nationalism, History, and Ethnic Absolutism,” and Ronald Grigor Suny's "Constructing Primordialism: Old Histories for New Nations." In the past I have discussed multiple texts from longest to shortest, but for this paper I will be discussing them in the aforementioned order for historiographical purposes. I appreciate the fact that this week's scholarship spans almost twenty years; I believe that
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History, will always repeat itself. No matter how hard we study it, how hard we observe it, the same things will always happen, Why is that? Because we are the most magnificent creatures in the universe. We are humans. We are defined by our history and how it repeats in our lives. As for me, my history follows a twisting and winding timeline that leaves many cliffhangers and loose ends. No part of my existence has been the standard apple pie, as-seen-on-tv type of life. There were no sunday barbecues
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perspective on American history and the beloved American hero makes for an interesting novel. His book, A People's History of the United States, paints history in a whole new light. While most teachers tell the story of the iconic Andrew Jackson and his role models, like Burren, being right in their actions, the other side is rarely looked at, as most believe their good outweighs the bad. Zinn believes that Jackson and Burren were American villains that tainted our history. He speaks of this in the
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there were not many options for recording important events. There were no iPhones, Google, or Google maps to tell people what happened or where it happened. Most information was passed orally or by scribes. Historians such as the Deuteronomistic History (DtrH), Herodotus and Thucydides were around to explain the events around them. All three of these historians are similar and different in the content of their stories and they way they told them. They are similar because they all helped to give accounts
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With the rise of the Internet, genealogy has even become more accessible particularly with the website Ancestry.com. There was even a study done which included a survey of genealogical researchers at the Alabama Department of Archives and History to discover how much Ancestry.com has affected genealogical research and archives. Launched in 1996, Ancestry.com was one of the earliest Web sites dedicated entirely to researching ancestry. Ancestry.com, because of increased interest in genealogy
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(1575)An Analysis of Non-Usefulness of Post-Modernity and the Importance of “Critical Thinking” in the Humanities This sociological study will define the non-usefulness of “post-modernism” as a threat to the scientific foundations of modernism in the lack of “critical thinking” in the humanities. The premise of modernism is defined by the notion of human “progress” through a deterministic and scientific view of the humanity into higher functionality of civilized society. In contrast to this objective
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In the moment, a man cannot see the whole picture, for this reason, historians are used. History specialists are useful to think back on the past and offer the world some assistance with learning from past mistakes. History specialists compose Secondary sources to help the average person understand history. World War One has been dissected by numerous Historians through-out the years since the Great War. There are numerous suppositions and truths that become possibly the most important factor while
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Stories are predictable. They’re typically written with rising action, an intense climax, and a satisfying resolution. History, on the opposing hand, isn’t so simple. It continues to go on regardless of its many climaxes. To some critics, history can never give a decided ending. The Colonial era would serve as an example of that. The founding of America was a title wave of various controversies as well as having many ups and downs. The only resolution to such undependability, according to the leaders
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human living styles. However while we usually try to look back on the positives that have happened in history and the passing of time we can’t forget or dismiss all the horrible things that have happened in history. Its easy to forget or not dwell upon the bad and even horrible things that have happened in the past but we should not forget them and we definitely cannot erase them. This time in history was filled with the suffering of many people for the benefit of the “superior” white man, as they had
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website, “the novel has sold more that 6 million copies worldwide” (Point and Counterpoint). In “Point: There is Value in Teaching History Through Fiction”, the author interprets the quote in a positive way. History has been presented as more engaging through an entertaining book, as opposed to a textbook. However, in “Counterpoint: There is Danger in Fictionalizing History”, the author interprets this quote negatively. The author also admits that “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is entertaining, but
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