LECTURE 1 1 21 What is History So what is history o Experience that we remember in the present o Carl Becker every man his own historian o Wallace Stegner a pontoon bridge relatively fixed yet moving o E H Carr an unending dialogue between the present and the past Herodotus Greek historian gave history called Historia which is an UNBIASED history of the war between the Greeks and the Persians uses original sources History is a discipline of the humanities o The human experience o Utilizes documents to find out about the past Primary sources that directly experienced the subject Secondary textbooks papers written by professors History at TAMU o Morrill act of 1862 Liberal and practical education o Principles in historical thinking o A perspective that emphasizes understanding human events by examining their origins Chronology Causation Like a movie WORKING DEF OF HISTORY Application of history o Judgement o Identity o
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