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I disagree slightly. An additional constraint I would put is that there is enough time past for the historians to have a good view of the events (and their cons
by jclos 12y ago
I disagree slightly. An additional constraint I would put is that there is enough time past for the historians to have a good view of the events (and their consequences). There is a lot of debate among historians (according to a historian friend of mine) about the legitimacy of historians specializing on "recent" history, because of the lack of distance and the inherent subjectivity (not that the distant past is any less subjective).
- walterbell 12y ago> enough time past for the historians to have a good view of the events (and their consequences). One example is http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee
- mtdewcmu 12y agoIt seems like in high school you're more likely to miss out on recent history than have too much. Recent history is at the very end of the textbook/class and you're lucky if it doesn't get cut.