Furay and Salevouris (1988) define
historiography as "the study of the way
history has been and is written — the history
of historical writing... When you study
'historiography' you do not study the events of
the past directly, but the changing
interpretations of those events in the works of
individual historians."
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history of
ordinary people
and their
strategies of
coping with life
HOWARD ZINN
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political history
focuses on
events relating
to nation-states
and the formal
political process
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
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a humanities
discipline within the
scope of general
historical recording of
armed conflict in the
history of humanity,
and its impact on the
societies, their
cultures, economies
and changing intra
and international
relationships.
Steven Ambrose
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the study of economies
or economic
phenomena in the
past. Analysis in
economic history is
undertaken using a
combination of
historical methods,
statistical methods,
and by applying
economic theory to
historical situations
and institutions
Milton Friedman
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concerned with the
development of the labor
movement and the working
class. The central concerns of
labor historians include the
development of labor unions,
strikes, lockouts and protest
movements, industrial
relations, and the progress of
working class and socialist
political parties, as well as the
social and cultural
development of working
people. Labor historians may
also concern themselves with
issues of gender, race,
ethnicity and other factors
besides class.