Historians

the war would ultimately sire. In yet another discussion on the ever so controversial War of 1812, a new question was posed and deliberated by five historians: whose war, was it? Like any other question posed about this war a multitude of ideas would ultimately arise in each of their differing viewpoints. In their roundhouse discussion, the historians would ultimately serve to paint the War of 1812 as a war that transcends much further than the nationalistic view. A view that, though an important

the discipline arise that cause historians to analyze the state of the discipline. To investigate these concerns, I read articles from Perspectives on History, particularly the October 2017 issue. During this research, I discovered that some of the ideas, topics, and debates that are occupying historians right now are: student enrollment, the preservation of history, and the rewriting of history via alternative facts. One major concern currently for historians is how to revive history in the classroom

Damon claims that historians encompass at least three different ways of accessing the past; remembering, recovering, or inventing. The texts states that no history is the full unvarnished truth and that memory is usually what many must result to, making the facts potentially flawed. It also discusses how evidence and artifacts aren’t complete without context and some historians result to fabricating the story behind it. Throughout the text it glances at two very different historians, the Roman Tacitus

Egyptians and Indians (An Analysis of the way the Egyptians lived to the way the Avavares lived) Herodotus is considered by most to have been the first Greek historian which would make him the first European historian as well. He wrote many books in his time and History contains Observations on Egypt. Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca was one of the first Europeans to explore the American Southwest. He wrote La Relacion that talks mostly of the few months that he spent with the Avavares. Herodotus

history. First published in 1980, A People’s History is often received with much controversy and criticism, as Zinn does something that historians rarely do: he openly rejects the narrative of American history as told by a European perspective. The first chapter of the novel mainly serves to illustrate two of Zinn’s most fundamental ideas: one, that he, as a historian, chooses to write from the lesser-known perspective of groups whose voices have been suppressed; and two, that it is necessary for people

on history that most people would consider politically conflicting. Zinn’s Marxist book was widely praised by liberal activist and Schweikart’s book is greatly publicized by conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. These two widely known historians turned their focus on writing two historical pieces that would fill in the “historical holes” that weren’t being taught in the educational systems. It created a type of diverse learning that made for a great argument while still allowing the readers

civilizations that have risen and fallen from power. Many of these civilizations are remembered not only through the texts or works that they themselves produced, but through the writings of later historians. Herodotus was an example of a later historian, because he wrote about a civilization of old, de Vaca was a historian of the moment because he covered a civilization as he experienced it. The contrast in the two styles is plainly evident for the most part in the two literary pieces. Herodotus has a very

They should rather figure out their own history and help out the poor amateurs trying their best to put the puzzle together. Furthermore, local history in general needs to be cared about more. Like said before, “the top level of prestige” among historians “is occupied by those who teach African or Asian history” (Hicken 1). This “prestige” is also portrayed very well by Herb Block’s political cartoon "Except for Those of Us Who Are above It.” Which, displays bureaucrats sitting on top of Washington

look as great as they would like to or they just do not view the idea important enough to be taught. Students should not depend on their history textbooks, for all the answers since they do not give the adequate perspective of history. One way that historians do not give an adequate perspective of history, is by telling history only through the colonizers lense. They only focus on what they are doing and how well they impact society. A prime example is from Out of Many a History of the American People

that the settlers must have had when they arrived in America. It is clear that Miller’s own experiences have clouded his ability to give an unbiased and totally truthful account of history. “… What is invisible to the historian in his own historical moment remains invisible when he turns his gaze to the past,'; (Tompkins, 412).      The book, New England Frontier: Puritan and Indians, by Alden Vaughan, reconciled Miller’s position on