historiography

Alternate title: The British Empire didn't end in 1997 just because we are living in the Contemporary Era. I am of the opinion that the British Empire, as well as other colonial empires, are still colonial empires today and that saying the British Empire ended with the handover of Hong Kong in...

The idea of a 19th century global industrial revolution, at least taught in American school curriculum, is kind of simplistic and Western-centric: sure the Anglosphere countries, France, Germany, industrialized in the 19th century, China, Africa, and Southeast Asia didn't industrialize until the...

Let me clarify what my question means. I am saying why did pre-Islamic Indians and Iranians not develop historiography as a science? This is unlike what happened in Greece with Herodotus or China with Siam Qian. How and why were the Indo-Iranians (producers of such old and sophisticated...

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Hi guys, I think around the importance of the different history subjects, particularly about the very long lasting impacts of some elements in human societies. I recently found myself interested on vulcanology and the human relation to it in my islands, and found certain basic connections...

I am wondering why there is no standard canon for mapmaking of Historical states? For example some empire maps include and inglobate whole deserts or unhinabited regions( Example nomadic empires ) , while others only limit to portraying "colonized" and urbanized areas ( Example Roman empire )...

Two recent translations by Andrew Logie, a researcher of current trends in Korean historiography, has given weight to what I have been arguing for some time: that there is a popular resurgence of revisionist historiography in South Korea, partially in response to the PRC's Northeast China...

Does anyone have any examples of any historians who believe that the german churches became the tools of the Nazi regime? Im doing my advanced higher dissertation on the role of the churches 1933-1939. Cheers!

What role does reification play in our understanding of history? Is our understanding of history largely product of reification - as it lay a framework within which we then apply our understanding of events.

Right wing movements have indeed gained ground post Liberalization and yet BJP has been unable to revive these alternative schools of historiography. Why has the BJP both under Vajpayye and especially now under Modi not been able to bring back this school of thought in historianship as well as...

As it pertains to the 18th century and the founding of the United States of America, did the right to bear arms, possess privately owned military grade weaponry, make sense? Was it a "good" Amendment to include in the Bill of Rights for fledgling United States or a mistake? Is it an important...

Gibson states in her 2014 book as follows: 'The indigenous people of the Americas were either gentle or fierce, civilised or cannibalistic, depending on who was writing about them.' it's with ref to 1650-1750; (is also the case in the previous period 1500-1650, roughly, as far as i can work)...

They say that French historiography begins with Michelet... but I think that's a bit simplistic. This thread is a place where we can compile a list of noteworthy French or francophone historians deserving of our time and attention. So who are your favorites, and if you have a moment, why?

hello everyone, im new to the site. I am currently studying the Cold War and have done extensive reading on the topic yet I have not had much time to take on the works of the main historians covering the early years and final years of the cold war (e.g gaddis, appleman williams, gabriel kolko...

As illustrated in the other thread (http://historum.com/medieval-byzantine-history/110759-when-de-facto-end-roman-empire.html) as well as countless ones before it, whether Byzantium is Rome or not is a frequent topic of discussion on this forum. I'd like to ask an historical question related to...

Hi all, This thread is to compare the ancient Chinese historiography to the ancient Greco-Roman historiography in terms of: 1.) The quantity of the historical records, chronicles etc. each of them have left. 2.) The quality of their records, their nature and style. I look forward to the...

I am completely illiterate in Chinese, so I have not read any traditional books on history or historiography written in Chinese. Did traditional (by which I mean pre-modern, before the 19th century) Chinese historians have a clear concept of progress and evolutionary change in history, or did...

As a layman interested in the centuries from about 300 to 800 AD, I am pretty uninformed on Byzantine history. I am (just barely) aware of the following historians of the Roman East: Donald Nicol. Steven Runciman (older stuff). Warren Treadgold. Stephen Williams. Other than A.H.M. Jones...

Hello, everyone. My profile tells you much of what there is to know about me, even if the actual words are cryptic. I came here to read what knowledgeable enthusiasts have to say about history and gain what some disciplines call "an entry point" into the vast field of historiography, which can...

I think most of the work has happened in mainland Indian peninsula and probably the North East bit requires more delving into. However I would like to know more on what kind of historical and archealogical explorations have taken place on North East history since independence? Mention what were...