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By Larry James
February 15, 2010

Recent conversations here about the "doing of history" prompt me to share the following amusing but instructive clip.

This fanciful report demonstrates the difficulty of interpreting primary sources related to any historic event, movement or group of individuals. History is always about interpretation and availability of primary sources. No one "does history" apart from their own personal context, perspective, biases, and understandings.

While the YouTube spot is intended to be humorous, it also serves well to press upon us all a bit of humility when it comes to our certainty about historical events and their interpretation.

Published February 15, 2010 by Larry James | Permalink | Tags: History Prejudice

Comments (2)

Tellie Meninger

Absolutely priceless, Larry --- and instructive. Thanks for sharing with us, Tellie.

Posted by Tellie Meninger | February 16, 2010 6:13 AM

Posted on February 16, 2010 06:13

Anthony Victor

Great stuff! Thank you.

Posted by Anthony Victor | February 22, 2010 1:56 AM

Posted on February 22, 2010 01:56

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