1. You need to figure out what “historiography” is. City University of New York has an excellent web site about Writing on History. Please explore this site as it contrasts the different ways history is written. Pay attention to the section of “Types of Writing Assignments,” and pay even closer attention to Historiographical Essays. This section will explain very clearly what is expected in a historiographical essay.
2. You will read the historiorgraphical article that focuses on the different historical interpretations of The Great Depression by Michael Bernstein. This is not a simple article to read — give yourself some TIME to read it and understand it. Notice that this article was published in 2001.
3. You will ponder the following: Any historical event can be interpreted differently by professional historians at different times. In the Great Depression article, the author talks about how different historians interpreted the causes for the Great Depression at different times and there have been a variety of different explanations as to why the Great Depression happened. Remember: Historians are very, very much influenced by 1) the place they were born and raise 2) the political, social and cultural views they developed while going to college to get their very advanced degrees in history and 3) the times in which they live.
4. Your essay will answer the following question: “Pretend you are Michael Bernstein and you are now in 2020 continuing to write the article The Great Depression by Michael Bernstein. Which TWO history books on the Great Depression would you include to continue the article? Why did you choose these books? And what is the historical perspective of their authors?
Note: no book should be published before 2002
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