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<strong>Ashford</strong> <strong>HIS</strong> <strong>378</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 2 <strong>Discussion</strong><br />
1 <strong>Social</strong> <strong>History</strong><br />
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<strong>Ashford</strong> <strong>HIS</strong> <strong>378</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 2 <strong>Discussion</strong> 1 <strong>Social</strong> <strong>History</strong><br />
<strong>Social</strong> <strong>History</strong>. 1st Post Due by Day 3.<br />
Prepare: Read<br />
Tosh, John. The Pursuit of <strong>History</strong>: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of <strong>History</strong> (6th ed.). New<br />
York: Routledge, 2015.<br />
Chapter 4: The Raw Materials<br />
Chapter 5: Using the Sources<br />
Chapter 8: <strong>History</strong> and <strong>Social</strong> Theory<br />
Hopkins, Eric. “The Mid- Century Years” in Industrialization and Society: A <strong>Social</strong> <strong>History</strong>, 1830-1951.<br />
London: Routledge, 2000, 21-56. Accessed December 9, 2015. ebrary.<br />
Reflect: Historians often employ a theoretical framework in answering their research questions. This<br />
framework is based upon the experience of the historian, the sources he/she has used and/or plan on<br />
using, the research question he/she is interested in, and the state of the historical field. Reflect on<br />
Chapter 8 of Tosh, the assigned chapter of Hopkins, your final project topic, and your study of history to<br />
this point. Reflecting on your final project topic, what research questions would be asked by social<br />
historians on this subject? What sources would they use? Does your understanding of history lend itself to<br />
using a social historical approach? Why or why not?<br />
Write: <strong>Social</strong> history developed as a form of analysis after the Second World War and has been incredibly<br />
influential within the discipline of history, directly leading to the topics we will be looking at next week:<br />
gender analysis and post-colonial theory.<br />
In your post, reflect upon the development of social history.<br />
o Reflecting upon the social climate at the time, postulate on why social history expanded in the<br />
1950s and<br />
1960s.<br />
o What questions do social historians seek to answer?<br />
o How did the writings of Karl Marx influence the development of social history?<br />
o Is it possible to employ “non-Marxist” social history? Why or why not? Where does the chapter<br />
from<br />
Hopkins fit in?<br />
o What are the potential strengths and weaknesses to this approach?<br />
o How might your topic be examined by using a social historical approach?<br />
Your initial post should be at least 250 to 300 words in length. Support your claims with examples<br />
from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references in CMS<br />
format.
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