Going to the Sources Chapter 1.

In chapter 1, Brundage points out the different areas of history and sub-genres. He makes it clear that historians often look at history differently if they are in a dynamic period of time. For example, Karl Marx was influenced by social conditions of the times. But Brundage says that Marx's idea was not to write a piece of history but a manifesto. I think that history should be influence by the current technology and trends that are available. But I think there should be a fine line. I think if history gets boggled down by the technology, history becomes a sort of relic of the past. It is important for historians to revisit history, but also to embrace new technology. Unfortunately the old history is less likely to be considered history. Society changes and so does society's way of perceiving the past.

You can tell what style of history a historian uses by first studying the topic or topics that historian is writing about. For example, in chapter one, Brundage points to the historian John Richard Green and his book A Short History of the English People. In the preface of his book, Green says he is paying more attention more to the people rather than the nobles and diplomacy. W.E.B Dubois wrote about African-American history and women historians have been prevalent the past few decades. Fernand Braudel wrote a piece called The Mediterranean and The Mediterranean World in the Age of Phillip II. What Brundage points out that Braudel sets the history not in a well known historical dynasty, but in the Mediterranean. I believe you can tell the sort of history a historian writes about by analyzing the topic and the approach they go about it.