Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes belong document historian
The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small thing that stands for a much larger thing. Reporters on the ground, embedded or otherwise, can tell us about or send us pictures of what happened in that place at that time among those people. Bruce Jackson dailyembedgive share on social
Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. Bruce Jackson callgovernmentmean Change image and share on social
I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do. Bruce Jackson schoolteacherwriter Change image and share on social
Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed. Lucy Powell analysiseventfast share on social
You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs. Daniel H. Wilson belongfindhope Change image and share on social
I think the best thing about my job is that I have my life documented, which not many people get to have. They have a photo here and there and maybe some video footage from a birthday. My kids will be able to see me growing up. Kirsten Dunst birthdaydocumentfootage share on social