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    are concerned in history‚ one thing is certain women have come a long way since those historical periods of time. “In order to explain the differential status of women and men in contemporary society‚ it is necessary to examine the impact of historical forces constructing gendered attitudes” (Lindsey‚ 2011‚ pg.102). Meaning women have vastly uncovered great gains compared to many years ago‚ however‚ they’ve also suffered great losses to which occurred during that time in history as well;

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    What Is History

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    /WHAT IS HISTORY WHAT IS HISTORY? E. H. Carr Edward Hallett Carr was born in 1892 and educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School‚ London‚ end Trinity College‚ Cambridge. He joined the Foreign Office in 1916‚ and‚ after numerous jobs in and connected with the F.O. at home and abroad‚ he resigned in 1936‚ and became Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales‚ Aberystwyth. He was Assistant Editor of The Times from 1941 a‚ 1946‚ Tutor In Politics at Balliol

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    The History of Indian Economic History Prasannan Parthasarathi May 2012 Introduction While there is a long tradition of both historical and economic thinking in the Indian subcontinent‚ modern economic history may be dated from the late nineteenth century. From the early pioneers of economic history‚ including Mahadev Govind Ranade and Romesh Chander Dutt‚ the field reached a high level in India‚ giving rise to a stellar set of practitioners and an impressive body of scholarship‚ ranging from Irfan

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    Why Study History

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    Peter Sterns says that we need to study history and here are a few reasons why we should study history: History Helps Us Understand People and Societies- We can use history from the past to explain why we act the way we do. We can also use the past to formulate laws or theories about human behavior. History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live in came to be- we can use history to understand why things occur and history shows us a trend we can see what made a trend rise or fall and

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    History Fiftieth Gate

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    History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual justification for memory. “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist‚ Mark Baker an historian‚ son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe)‚ on an historical journey through

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    1) WHY AM I STUDYING HISTORY? I started doing History as an academic subject in high school and found it very interesting back then‚ and this fascination with the subject has continued to be there. Although many people disregard history as important and influential‚ I believe the opposite because for humans to develop as a race‚ we have to keep in touch with‚ or at least understand what happened in the past before we got to where we are now; why it happened; how it happened and who were the people

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    causes the future and that’s where history comes from‚ history is important to know. We need to know history to understand societies and the way of the people who live in the societies behave History is interesting; it deals with real events and people. History offers a variety of topics and personal interests. Everything has a history; wars‚ nations and peoples. History is visible in every place of the world. History knowledge is very important‚ to not know history is ignorance in my opinion. Everyone

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    History and Memory Essay

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    In contrast to documented evidence‚ personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. Evaluate the proposition in relation to your prescribed text and at least one related text. Personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. However through an analysis of multiple texts it can be seen that neither documented evidence (history) or personal memories are completely reliable. Despite this‚ a study of the poems “In Thai Binh (Peace)

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    a meaningful understanding of the past is to be gained‚ the resources of both history and memory must be used. History is the factual‚ objective recording of events through documents‚ archives‚ records‚ artefacts and physical evidence whereas memory is the recollection of individuals of their personal experience and sequence of events however‚ adding the human element to the situation or experience. However‚ history and memory sometimes contrast with each other but most importantly they need to

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    The Importance of History Studies What is history? According to E.H. Carr (1984)‚ history is a science‚ no more and no less. Meanwhile‚ R.G. Collingwood (1946)‚ described the history as re-enactment of past experience. Obviously‚ history studies is the study of past events‚ particularly in human affairs. In Malaysia‚ history is a compulsory subject in the school curriculum. Referring to Examination Board Circular No. 3‚ Year 2011‚ history is a must-pass subject in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)

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