Working Around the Limitations of Biography

It is observed that the historical happenings have a great negativity on the face of the society, which is yet to be fixed. And so, the belief behind, digging up the past, is all about ‘’telling the story of human

Studying history can be an active, often arduous process, dependent on making assumptions with the evidence available and proving those assumptions to be correct or otherwise. But it can also be an easy task if done incorrectly, one of cutting corners and assuming falsehoods to be true for the sake of convenience. This is the way that many historians, amateur or professional, approach history. Not only does this approach exclude any possibility for well-constructed conclusions to be made, it can also leave the populace ignorant of the truth. In “The Strange Death of Silas Deane”, James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle argue that history is not merely the act of collecting data-rather of making assumptions about the data-through the use of countless rhetorical questions, paragraph organization, and a sardonic tone.

Mary Romero's essay "Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey" illustrates C. Wright Mill's concept of the Sociological Imagination in three aspects. First Romero is observing the girl in a detached fashion and not letting the personal aspects cloud the Sociological Imagination. Then Romero connects personal problems to societal forces because Juanita's problem was that she was not being treated fairly as the other kids in the household. She was the only one working with all the household chores while other kids were enjoying their life and giving her orders instead. One day Romero observed that the employer's younger son was giving orders to Juanita and Juanita just stood there shocked and humiliated. Since she was a servant, she could not express her feelings because no one really cared. She was just a servant for them. Romero deals really well in this situation. She reallocates the chores to everyone in the household and divides the workload.

Some people out there would disagree with me. Some people would say that Digging out a lost cities secrets articles is better because it tells about history , and that it's better because of that it tells more. But the skeleton article tells more about the human body and its history as well. To me it's more interesting to learn about the hands that made the artifacts of history than the artifacts themselves. er than the others is that it shows the problems of studying bones from long ago. In the text it states, “‘ These early skeletons are so rare we have to really get as much information as we can from them.’” This shows that there is an problem in finding the historical

Scholarly personal narrative (SPN) was developed by Robert Nash who integrated the personal story into resect. SPN study tells a story that can clarify an issue beyond a specific case studied (p. 127, Brookfield). SPN is a research method that brings the researcher’s personal experience as a legitimate study form (p. 1, Heidelberger & Uecker).

The idea of the exclusion of important narratives is a common theme amongst many of the historians involved in the discussion. The omission of such narratives would only stand to present an unfinished version of history from which one cannot grasp the lessons history intends to teach. Catherine Emerson would be the first to

Historians, as we normally perceive bear the responsibility as scholars who record and research about past events and compiled them together in order to benefit the future generations as an authoritative channel for them to understand and study the past of human kind. Nevertheless, these missions were hardly the main

Since the discovery of the first bog body known as Amcotts Moor Woman who was discovered in 1747 in England, bog bodies have been a main source of what is considered vital information for restructuring our past. They have allowed humans to explore the past and our heritage and have helped them to acquire a further understanding of how we, as a human race, have developed. A great example of the knowledge that bog bodies have provided us is Tollund Man. Tollund Man who was found in Denmark is one of the most famous examples of bog bodies, he has helped us to extend the small snapshots we have of the past. Bog bodies as a collective are also revealing information about the individual bodies themselves and the lifestyles they led. This primary evidence aids our modern understanding of our historical past.

I was born on January 6, 1878 in Galesburg,Illinois. My wife was born on May, in Hancock,Michigan. I left school after the eighth grade to help my family and I left Galesburg for the first time to see Chicago. It was hot as a Jalapeno in June. When I was 19 I left home in June, I went to work on farms and railroads as a laborer. I was a walking freight train. I rode a freight train then I became a hobo. I sharpened my interest in labor laws and the plight of working people.

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They truly looked below the surface to a deeper point of view to try to solve the real mystery. This reminds me of our English class, and we have done several activities that had to do with finding the true meaning of the text in which we were reading. Finding a deeper meaning of a text or finding the truth about our past by looking beneath the surface is a hard concept. I struggle with finding deeper meanings sometimes. I believe that Sherlock Holmes would be phenomenal with this. In class, we got to watch Sherlock perform his magic, and boy is he excellent! Now, only if Sherlock wasn’t a fictional character, because he would seriously come in handy! To me, the theme of this article could be perseverance for your goal. These archaeologists have one goal at the moment, and that would be to discover more about what actually happened with the Roanoke Settlers. They aren’t going to achieve it if they don’t persevere and truly work hard. Things like this don’t just come easy, there will need to be a lot of thinking

I have to let the readers know how I stumbled upon this topic to introduce where I get my ideas from. It all started in the archive located on the second floor of the library in a dark corner behind a clear glass doors at the Hunter College. I have been attending Hunter College for four years and never have I stumbled on such an amazing place full of live history. I say live history because all the documents and books that are held in the archive are all preserved originals, which fascinated me. Thinking how people who lived more than century ago wrote and read the same things I’m writing and reading about excited me to my very soul. Archive research though fascinating is not an easy task that can be done in within fifteen minutes like how researches are done these days using convenient technologies at hand.

Recorded history is nothing but the belief or bias of the man who wrote it. Often when discussing history, people us the popular phrase, “the winner writes the history books” or something along the lines. But nevertheless, the phrase does hold true. All history that is written is biased, but it is up to the reader to find the truth in within history. No matter what history is written, there will always be a different perspective, a different society, and a different perception of what is truly going on. History does not tell us the absolute truth, but it gives us a morphed version of the truth that we, as readers, must interpret to find the truth.

The best historians are the ones who write the strongest arguments. To make strong arguments, it's very important to use strong sources. Sources are either primary or secondary. The primary sources are the original ones, which date back to the events of that time period. Secondary sources are the arguments of other historians or anything that talks about primary sources. Choosing the best sources means understanding what the source is saying and using accurate information to make your own argument.

Since our culture does not leave much documentation, my tomb must be used to provide an awareness and understanding of how we live our lives. My husband was able to achieve hegemony through the main activities of agriculture and metallurgy , eventually becoming known as a dignitary, making us a well-known family and an important part of the aristocracy in the Etruscan society. The Banditaccia necropolis in Cerveteri is where my noble family