Contemplating American History's Dysfunctional Continuities on Independence Day
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“Change over time” is the simplest way to define history. As a young historian, I was very much attuned to the moments of break and rupture in history. My doctoral advisor, whose research focused on such events, further encouraged this emphasis. I also studied 19th century German history, a field where historians had fought to demonstrate its importance in its own right, rather than searching for the seeds of Hitler. For that reason, I looked to the upheavals of World War I for the answer to that issue, not the long stretch of German history.
Contemplating American History's Dysfunctional Continuities on Independence Day
Contemplating American History's…
Contemplating American History's Dysfunctional Continuities on Independence Day
“Change over time” is the simplest way to define history. As a young historian, I was very much attuned to the moments of break and rupture in history. My doctoral advisor, whose research focused on such events, further encouraged this emphasis. I also studied 19th century German history, a field where historians had fought to demonstrate its importance in its own right, rather than searching for the seeds of Hitler. For that reason, I looked to the upheavals of World War I for the answer to that issue, not the long stretch of German history.