
Historiography of WWI
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Historiography of WWI
The history of the history of World War I
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Names of Historical Interpretaitons
1. The early intentionalists
2. German perspectives
War Guilt Section
Harry Elmer Barnes
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3. the structuralists
4. Biographical accounts
5. The interwar consensus
The Fischer thesis
Marxist perspectives
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Multiple Choice
Which best explains the importance of understanding the historiography of an event in history?
Knowing the history involved in the written history that exists of an event helps historical thinkers to better interpret and use differing perspectives about what happened in history.
Knowing that the history of an history of an event helps us to see that old history is flawed and newer history is more accurate.
Knowing that history has a history helps us to define which historical accounts are "right" and which one's a "wrong".
History is not about studying how historians have written about a topic - history if about facts and that's it - Historiography is a waste of time,
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Examples of Historiography
Historical interpretations of WWI
Political historians have researched and theorized about the causes, effects and management of the war.
Military historians have examined the strategies, tactics and methodologies used on the war’s many fronts and battlefields.
Social historians have investigated how the war affected ordinary people and changed social roles, values and attitudes.
Economic historians have explored how the war affected government policy, national economies, personal wealth, trade, commerce and finance.
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Multiple Choice
TRUE or FALSE: The first histories of World War I were written when the war itself was but a few weeks old. Since then, assumptions and conclusions about the war have changed very little because of the quality of those initial primary sources and historical interpretations?
TRUE
FALSE
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Please record a 1 minute response where you retrieve your memories of what you read in the reading about this question:
"How many different interpretations did the reading share with you?" "Can you remember the names of these interpretations?"

Historiography of WWI
The history of the history of World War I
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