Another thing I do is think of history in terms of people and anecdotes. Some historians don't like that - they need theory to back everything up, and that anecdotes are just cherry picked, etc.,etc... but I really do see the value in personal accounts and personal stories as both representative and unrepresentative of a whole.
... I may also get this preference from working at Fort Edmonton, which is nothing BUT the lives of everyday people.
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Date: 2011-02-17 03:40 am (UTC)... I may also get this preference from working at Fort Edmonton, which is nothing BUT the lives of everyday people.