Abstract
History is what we make of the past, with ‘make’ meaning both to understand and to manufacture. What we make history from, when we are ‘doing history’ well, is ‘evidence’. Evidence of, and from, the past is the raw material from which history is hewn.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 23-24 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Primary History |
| Volume | 54 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Aug 2010 |