Cameron Perez English 100 Professor. Cory March 12 2013 Started from the Bottom What is History? Is it purely stories handed down from generation to generation or is it simply the things we read about in history books? Is the history described in books today precise or has the whole truth been Throughout the course of history‚ there have been many events and stories that have been told and handed down from generation to generation gradually giving the current age an understanding of the
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been confused. Often the line between the two is merged creating a general measure of difficulty when it comes to separating the two. ‘The relationship between heritage‚ history and memory has been subject to much debate recently among geographers‚ historians and cultural critics’1. However it is clear‚ that ‘Heritage is not history’2 and that ‘Heritage should not be confused with history. History seeks to convince by truth … Heritage exaggerates and omits‚ candidly admits and frankly forgets‚ and thrives
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volcanoes’ in Hawaii Island. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn once said that "History has a long-range perspective". The dramatic histories of Shakespeare are also based on historical events. The person who studies and writes about history is called historian. A historian is a scholar or researcher who uses a wide range of tools‚ techniques and sources to understand the past and how societies and people have changed over time. Justice Charles Gray leant heavily on the research of one of the expert witnesses
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thinks of a historian they would probably say they are a museum curator or someone who just studies the past. However‚ they truly do not understand what it means to be a historian. In the book The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past‚ John Gaddis goes into explicit detail on what it takes for a historian to properly and accurately present the past to the public. There are three main elements that I found interesting in this explanation. They are the fact that the historian must use
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Ext. History Revision History- What historians chose to interpret from the surviving evidence of the past Source + Historians = Histories All historians have their own views and interests due to their upbringing hence that the process of selection and interpretation distorts our ‘knowledge’ further. Issues in historiography Training of historians Objectivity in history Oral societies and history Problems of historical research Universal history Evidence- selection Source- How? Truth-
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Alexander The Great: Hollywood Vs. History Emma Watson Filmed historical movies have become a prime source of knowledge about the past. Historians can not deny that‚ but they can find glitches and certain details or events that Hollywood has tweaked that give viewers a different perception sometimes. Watching ‘Alexander’ and researching true facts about Alexander the Great has given me a clearer view on how history portrayed though Hollywood films can sometimes be misleading with
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History is taken from the Greek word historian‚ which means learning by investigation or inquiry. History traces the progress and development of man’s civilization from the ancient to the modern‚ largely based on written records. The Greeks were the first to view history with an acquiring mind. Herodotus “the Father of History” introduced a colorful and descriptive way of writing events. History can also be defined as the continuous intersection between the historians and his facts and unending dialogue
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—Inga Clendinnen‚ The History Question "Who owns the past? In a free society‚ everyone. It is a magic pudding belonging to anyone who wants to cut themselves a slice‚ from legend manufacturers through novelists looking for ready-made plots‚ to interest groups out to extend their influence." K. Jenkins – postmodernist * The historian’s purpose is to possible impose pattern on history. * Relativism… is a fact of life. * History is one of a series of discourses about the world. H. White –
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Craig US History 8/11/14 4th Pd What is history? That has been a question philosophers and historians have been asking for centuries. But really what is history? Webster dictionary defines history as "acts‚ ideas‚ or events that will or can shape the course of the future." Is that all history is a series of events leading up the present moment and then on to the future. English historian and philosopher‚ R.G. Collingwood said "History is for human self-knowledge. Knowing yourself means
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work in the Middle East has proved that much of his account of Egypt and Babylon is more accurate than was commonly assumed‚ and scholars have assessed him more carefully. (Starr‚ 149) Herodotus‚ the father of history‚ is not the most accurate historian. The difficult process of note taking in his time prevented him from keeping an accurate account of his findings. Herodotus had to rely on his memory while writing The Histories. In his accounts there are flaws in his dates and geography‚ however
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