Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Terrible Intimacy: Melvin Patrick Ely on Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
“In the generation just before the Civil War, something like one-quarter of America’s enslaved people lived on large plantations with fifty or more...
The Firearm Revolution: Catherine Fletcher on how the firearm changed society
“Over the course of the sixteenth century,” writes my guest Catherine Fletcher, “the handgun made a transition from a novel and decisive military...
Syria: Daniel Neep on the Modern History of a Very Old Place
The history of modern Syria is usually reduced to a story of autocracy, repression, and occasional revolt. And it is a short story, stretching back...
The Great Historian: Andrew Meyer on Sima Qian and the invention of history
About a century before the birth of Jesus, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a remarkable man began a nearly unprecedented intellectual...
Introducing Historically Thinking Field Guides
In this short episode, Al introduces a new feature of the Historically Thinking podcast: the Historically Thinking Field Guides....
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