Throughout History 301, students have learned about how the profession of history has developed across various time periods and geographic regions. Students will now use the knowledge they have cultivated to write an essay in which they examine how the field of history developed during the 19th and 20th centuries and consider how technology has affected the historical profession in recent decades.
This assignment requires students to use their research, writing, and analytical skills to evaluate the professionalization of history, the significant works and contributions of historians from the 19th and 20th centuries, and how the telling of history is changing in the 21st century.
Historiography in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Compose a 2,000-2,250-word essay that assesses the development of history as a subject and the historiography from the 19th and 20th centuries. Your essay should be in response to the following prompt:
Analyze at least three significant factors that influenced the development and professionalization of history as an academic subject and historiography between the 19th and 20th centuries. As part of your analysis, be sure to discuss at least three different historians and provide specific, supporting evidence for how their contributions affected the progression of historical narratives during that same time period. In your conclusion, include your analysis of how you think technology in the 21st century could impact history as a subject or historiography in the coming years.
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