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Identity and Context: Values, Beliefs, Gender, Class, Status and Constraints

Identity and context of historians
Key questions · Key question: Who are historians?

What this note covers

  1. Identity versus context: a working distinction
  2. Values, beliefs and philosophies of history
  3. Gender, class and ethnicity
  4. Time, place and generation
  5. Political constraints, official status and patronage
  6. Academic background and the bias question
  7. Model paragraph: context in a Section II answer

7 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes

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