Tag: books
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My 2024 Literary Life
As we close one year and begin another, I think of my reading life in 2024 and look ahead to the one to come. It has been a good year for books- audiobooks that is. Audiobooks have been amazing, giving me a chance to listen when I don’t have time to read- on the drive…
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5 Key Elements of Good Historical Practice
In this short post, I would like to pick up where I left off in my last post on Primary and Secondary Sources, and talk about 5 key elements of good historical practice. Before we do that though, we need to talk about the difference between the past and history. Those terms are used interchangeably…
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Primary and Secondary Sources: What’s the Difference?
In this short post, I would like to address a foundational question in historical practice: what is the difference between primary and secondary sources? If you haven’t heard those terms before, I am going to boil them down for you. First of all, let’s talk about how do we know anything about the past? How…
