What Does it Mean to Think Historically? (2024)

Introduction to the "five C's of historical thinking." The concepts of change over time, causality, context, complexity, and contingency, we believe, together describe the shared foundations of our discipline. They stand at the heart of the questions historians seek to answer, the arguments we make, and the debates in which we engage.

What Does it Mean to Think Historically? (2024)
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