Making History

Author : Peter S. Garlake,Andre Proctor,T. Barnes
Publisher : African Publishing Group
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:39000001909188

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People Making History by Peter S. Garlake,Andre Proctor,T. Barnes Pdf

Two titles complete the four-part series of African history, told by Africans from an African perspective. Recommended for schools in Zimbabwe, the series represents a reclaiming of history from the distortions of Eurocentric teaching. Book 3 covers pre-capitalist modes of production in Africa; early merchant capitalism in Africa; growth of industrial capitalism in Europe; revolution and socialist transformation; and capitalism in crisis. Readers are encouraged to think critically and read the source material included. In addition to giving attention to the great people in history, the book focuses attention on the ordinary men and women: peasant farmers, workers, mothers, and children. The "people's voice" is heard through direct quotations. Book 4 covers colonialism and resistance; Zimbabwe under colonial rule; revolution and transformation; and world ant-imperialist struggles.

Author : Richard Cohen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982195809

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Making History by Richard Cohen Pdf

A “supremely entertaining” (The New Yorker) exploration of who gets to record the world’s history—from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns—and how their biases influence our understanding about the past. There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom? Is there even such a thing as “objective” history? In this “witty, wise, and elegant” (The Spectator), book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses, such as the writers of the Bible, novelists, and political propagandists, influence what becomes the accepted record. Cohen argues, for example, that some historians are practitioners of “Bad History” and twist reality to glorify themselves or their country. “Scholarly, lively, quotable, up-to-date, and fun” (Hilary Mantel, author of the bestselling Thomas Cromwell trilogy), Making History investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest chroniclers to discover the agendas that informed their—and our—views of the world. From the origins of history writing, when such an activity itself seemed revolutionary, through to television and the digital age, Cohen brings captivating figures to vivid light, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, Winston Churchill and Henry Louis Gates. Rich in complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a revealing exploration of both the aims and art of history-making, one that will lead us to rethink how we learn about our past and about ourselves.

Author : Dermot Lucey,Stacy Stout
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 0717193837

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Making History by Dermot Lucey,Stacy Stout Pdf

Author : Alex Callinicos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047404767

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Making History by Alex Callinicos Pdf

This republication gives a new generation of readers access to an important intervention in Marxism and social theory. Making History is about the question of how human agents draw their powers from the social structures they are involved in.

Author : Ronald Rudin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802078389

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Making History in Twentieth-century Quebec by Ronald Rudin Pdf

The first comprehensive examination of the way French-speaking Quebecers have written about their past in the 20th century. Rudin's analysis offers new ways of thinking about Quebec society over the course of this century.

Author : Peter S. Garlake,Andre Proctor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002332104

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People Making History by Peter S. Garlake,Andre Proctor Pdf

Zimbabwean history is covered in two books from a socialist perspective. Written in accessible language, Book 1 describes pre-colonial African history, enlivened by many drawings, photographs, original sources and maps which are integrated into the text. Book 2 applies a people-centred approach and examines Africa from colonization to the present day, in the context of international history. The course follows a thematic approach, balanced by a sense of chronology.

Author : Sarah Cooper
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781571107657

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Making History Mine by Sarah Cooper Pdf

Shows how to use thematic instruction to link skills to content knowledge and incorporates strategies for making history personal and relevant to students' lives. Activites include role playing, debate, and service learning. Grades 5-9.

Author : Eric Marcus
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062848260

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Making History by Eric Marcus Pdf

When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, “One of the definitive works on gay life.” Novelist Armistead Maupin said that author “Eric Marcus not only writes with grace and clarity but makes it look so easy—the ultimate measure of historian and novelist alike.” Now, for the first time, the original complete edition of Making History is available in e-book. Through his engaging oral histories, Eric Marcus traces the unfolding of LGBTQ civil rights effort from a group of small, independent underground organizations and publications into a national movement, covering the years from 1945 to 1990. Here are the stories of its remarkable pioneers: a diverse group of nearly fifty Americans, who hail from all corners of the nation. From the period in history when homosexuals were routinely beaten by police to the day when gay rights leaders were first invited to the White House, Making History is the story of an against-all-odds struggle that has succeeded in bringing about changes in American society that were once unimaginable.

Author : Peter Lambert,Phillipp Schofield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134546947

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Making History by Peter Lambert,Phillipp Schofield Pdf

Making History offers a fresh perspective on the study of the past. It is an exhaustive exploration of the practice of history, historical traditions and the theories that surround them. Discussing the development and growth of history as a discipline and of the profession of the historian, the book encompasses a huge diversity of influences, organized around the following themes: the professionalization of the discipline the most significant movements in historical scholarship in the last century, including the Annales School the increasing interdisciplinary trends in scholarship theory in historical practice including Marxism, post-modernism and gender history historical practice outside the academy. The volume offers a coherent set of chapters to support undergraduates, postgraduates and others interested in the historical processes that have shaped the discipline of history.

Author : Lynn Hunt
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9639776149

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Measuring Time, Making History by Lynn Hunt Pdf

Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of “modernity” as a new epoch in human history. Are the Gregorian calendar, world standard time, and modernity itself simply impositions of Western superiority? How did the idea of stages of history culminating in the modern period arise? Is time really accelerating? Can we—should we—try to move to a new chronological framework, one that reaches back to the origins of humans and forward away or beyond modernity? These questions go to the heart of what history means for us today. Time is now on the agenda.

Author : Peter Gossage,Robert Rutherdale
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774835664

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Making Men, Making History by Peter Gossage,Robert Rutherdale Pdf

What has it meant to be a man in Canada? Percy Nobbs, architect, fisherman, fencer; Andy Paull, residential school survivor and athlete; Yves Charbonneau, jazz musician and commune member; “James,” black and gay in postwar Windsor. Who were these men, and how did they identify as masculine? Populated with figures both well known and unknown, Making Men, Making History reveals the dissonance between ideals of manhood and masculinity and the everyday lives of Canadian men and boys. This collection showcases some of the best new work in masculinity studies, exploring these themes entirely in Canadian historical settings.

Author : Christopher Culpin
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 0003270068

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Making History by Christopher Culpin Pdf

Treaty of Versailles - Russian Revolution - Rise of Hitler - League of Nations - Cold War - Israel and the Arab world - United Nations - Britain 1906-1919 - Lenin - Stalin - Germany & the Second World War - China before & after 1949 - Israel & the Arab world - India & Pakistan.

Author : C. H. Feinstein,Mark Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521001374

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Making History Count by C. H. Feinstein,Mark Thomas Pdf

Making History Count introduces the main quantitative methods used in historical research. The emphasis is on intuitive understanding and application of the concepts, rather than formal statistics; no knowledge of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic is required. The techniques are illustrated by applications in social, political, demographic and economic history. Students will learn to read and evaluate the application of the quantitative methods used in many books and articles, and to assess the historical conclusions drawn from them. They will also see how quantitative techniques can open up new aspects of an enquiry, and supplement and strengthen other methods of research. This textbook will encourage students to recognize the benefits of using quantitative methods in their own research projects. The text is clearly illustrated with tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through key topics. Additional support includes five specific historical data-sets, available from the Cambridge website.

Author : Kyle Ward
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781458729927

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History in the Making by Kyle Ward Pdf

In this thought-provoking study (Library Journal ), historian Kyle Ward-the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons-gives us another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we learn about our history. Juxtaposing passages from...

Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Historians
ISBN : UCAL:B4956480

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Edward Gibbon by Roy Porter Pdf