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Do you study anything after your period of interest?

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  • April 21, 2011 at 7:38 am #2768 Reply
    Phidippides
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    If your area of expertise/interest in history is focused on a particular time period, it is of course very important to study periods leading up to that one.  But with that said, do you think it is ever important to study the subsequent period? 

    April 21, 2011 at 11:47 am #24639 Reply
    scout1067
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    I specialize in 18th-19th Century Prussian History but since I finished my degree last month, I have went from reading WWII german memoirs to now reading the Latin classics.  I am currently reading The Annals & The Histories of Tacitus and have the first two volumes of Livy to read next.  I have focused on my specialyt for so long that it is amazingly refreshing to read about other periods.  Not only do I enjoy it but it will broaden my knowledge base, which is always a good thing.

    April 21, 2011 at 2:59 pm #24640 Reply
    Notch
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    I get stuck… I like reading about other periods, but always ultimately put that reading down to focus on the plethora of reading material on the Civil War. Maybe one day I'll get past this 🙂

    April 22, 2011 at 12:42 am #24641 Reply
    DonaldBaker
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    I've studied just about every time period to some degree, but my three concentrations are ancient history, early American including Civil War, and modern American.  I like it all, but you have to specialize at some point.

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