Alcohol “constitutes an especially revealing focus of analysis for anthropologists and historians”
In brief, alcoholic drinks are not simply reducible to a uniform chemical substance with...
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“Convenience as we now know it is a product of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when labor-saving devices for the home were invented and marketed”
Convenience as we now know it is a product of the late 19th and...
“We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis…”
We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis....
“We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror”
We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror. This...
“All history is retrospective”
All history is retrospective. We’re always looking at the past through the lens of...
“The Shoah, it seems, has come to be read for portents and interpretation as much as for history itself”
The Shoah, it seems, has come to be read for portents and interpretation as...
“Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history”
Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history....
“To contrast history writing and storytelling as polar opposites is thus to distort the nature of both types of literature”
Fraenkel’s approach would seem to create an unbridgeable chasm between historical writing and other...
“When a version of a myth is told (orally or in writing), it is always an account of the past in intimate connection with some conclusion to be drawn in the present experience of the person recounting the tale”
When a version of a myth is told (orally or in writing), it is...
“There is often a tension between the quest for historical truth and the desire of communities of faith to pass on their religious message”
There is often a tension between the quest for historical truth and the desire...