Herodotus to H-Net Ch.6


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Historians have mostly argued what is the right way to study the field and what methods to use. In this chapter Popkin at first notes how time eras such as the 1960s affected the way history was studied (Popkin, 129). A lot of conflicting methodology was causing a change not in just the way that the field is being studied but also how the historians were actually thinking about historical events. In the 1960s there was a lot of vocalization of the country’s problems which lead to a vocal discussion on how the certain methods in use for talking about history and having a way to relate to their own lives and problems in their country. The new forming historians on these campuses were looking for ways to relate the past events in a way that it was useful to solve a problem. It was because the 1960s that historiography took a new turn. Like any other person who hates change many older historians challenged and disliked the new turn of history was taking because it was not their way of studying the field.  The field of history transformed into a field with many avenues that reflected with the past information but also with experiences that helped strengthen the information of the past. In @jessica42 she states that “Popkin argues that history has reached a new era in which everything has become more technologically advance,” I can agree with her because due to the technology the way you study or even learn about history has changed. Now historians can communicate all across the world and talk about their research and not be limited to search about how different historians have discussed about a certain topic.

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