Thanks, Bonnie. I've been thinking I might expand on the contextualizing I do around my primary sources in my anthology, to reproduce some of what I talk about when we discuss them in class. Seems like readers need a demonstration of that process of taking a moment to size up the conversation the writer may have been involved in, so they can really understand what's written.
Is that why I disdain history textbooks, and prefer reading biographies instead?
Very interesting, Dan. One has to to explore and understand the times in which someone lived to better understand the person.
Thanks, Bonnie. I've been thinking I might expand on the contextualizing I do around my primary sources in my anthology, to reproduce some of what I talk about when we discuss them in class. Seems like readers need a demonstration of that process of taking a moment to size up the conversation the writer may have been involved in, so they can really understand what's written.