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Towards a Better Understanding of History

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

This weekend, I finished reading Towards a Better Understanding of History, by Bernard Norling.

In nine chapters, Norling provides an excellent overview of how to study history. While all of the chapters contained valuable information, I found chapter four (What Can We Really Know About History?) and six (The Role of Ideas in History) most interesting.
Chapter outline:

Why Study History At All?
How to Study History
Things Always Change: But Always Remain the Same
What Can We Really Know About History?
Is History the Work of Great Men?
The Role of Ideas in History
How Organizations Influence History
Economic and Technological Factors in History
Man and His Physical Environment

At 124 pages, the book offers an excellent overview of the events and thinking that have shaped our world. More important, it provides a framework with which to examine "historical" information, or any information about people and society. It's not light reading, but recommended all the same

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