Writing History

Being there at the time history is being written.  Seriously, so much is going on in our lives that will never get in a history book, and it may be more important to change than the things that do get put in history books.  

Show me the book that explains the date the US federal government mandated all communities provide free public education, and the debates that lead up to the decision.  This explanation should go with an explanation of where the text books were printed, and the main purpose of this education and what the south did about it.   This explanation of history would help us better understand democracy, and how we are suppose to go about things.   I think this would be very meaningful, but have not seen this in a history book?  

How about a history book that explains the soaring marriage rate as we entered WWII and the soaring divorce rate following the war, and the changes in marriage law making divorce easier and seriously damaging the stability of families?   Now add to this, the change in US public education going from liberal education to education for technology, and the social ramifications of this change.  If you know of a history book that mentions this, please let me know.  

I am could be wrong, but I think there is a bias to history books, that presents history in a distorted manner and that there are ramifications to this.   I think humanity would greatly benefit from better history books, that include her story.  


Edited by Athena - 03-May-2011 at 12:04

That may sound good, but might it be biased?  

Originally posted by Nick1986 Definitely written texts. These include original documents from the period which are also artefacts. A good historian uses a diverse range of sources: the opinions of the leading scholars in their field, printed primary sources and personal documents (if available)