Saturday, January 28, 2012
ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!
So today I was sharing my experience of interm with a old friend who is now an archivist at a college up North. He was quick to inform me that while it may be interesting there is no real room in the academic world for baseball to be looked at serious. Are you kidding? Not everyone can be a History Channel baby and only be concerned what Hitler was thinking when he helped cracked Davinci's code in some under ground lost city!! It is frustrating that people draw the line in trying to decide what worthy history is or isnt!!! Just had to get that off my chest. I am a historian(or like to think i am) and I love every type of History and refuse to fall into the Historian who only knows about military battles.
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I've felt this way many times before! Stay strong!
ReplyDeleteOh, your friend is so WRONG! Excuse me, did Ken Burns not make a whole series about baseball---and most people take him pretty seriously! In the past, when we have received vitas from people, I've been amazed at the diversity of research topics, especially in American life and culture. Battlefields and Hitler are old news---the exciting work is going on in developing fields, especially those linked to social history.
ReplyDeleteYour pal is just dead wrong.