Analysis Of A Pocket Guide To Writing In History

I found it very intriguing that I read three different books discussing history and how it functions. All of the authors had a different view on the most important functions of history. The beginning of “A Pocket Guide to Writing in History” asks a great question. Why should we bother studying the past in an increasingly future-oriented society? A Pocket Guide to Writing in History used a more open view and did not focus on the statistics as much of the other two authors. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History discusses the importance of seeing our world through different eyes. How a historian should ask questions and use a variety of critical thinking skills to have s better understanding of people, places, and events throughout history. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History emphasized that a

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History discusses that history without facts is essentially useless. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History discusses how historians should focus on cause and effect in history and how people, places, and events that remain the same overtime and things that change over time. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History also focused on how history is not just about recording facts. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History also discusses that history is more than just reading a book. History needs evidence, research and synthesis.

Macmillan’s Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History has a different perspective but keeps the same ideas. Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History discusses how history is something we all do and that we look to our past to understand our future. The author discusses that if you do not know the history of another people you will not understand the culture, hopes and dreams of that people. With the correct information of a people’s history can help with avoiding false generalizations and