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In reading McGaw’s article, I was continually amazed by the simple and seemingly obvious mistakes and misunderstandings which could so simply and easily be made by the historian, and the way in which McGaw illustrated that even amongst data sets such as inventories uncertainty remains: does the lack of a bed listed indicate the lack of a bed, or the fact that the bed was securely attached to the house? | In reading McGaw’s article, I was continually amazed by the simple and seemingly obvious mistakes and misunderstandings which could so simply and easily be made by the historian, and the way in which McGaw illustrated that even amongst data sets such as inventories uncertainty remains: does the lack of a bed listed indicate the lack of a bed, or the fact that the bed was securely attached to the house? | ||
The fact that individuals of the colonial period employed a mixture of self-sustainment and third-party aide and manufactures much more closely resembles the modern period than the stereotypical colonial “Jack of all Trades” model has and gives much more of a realistic idea of contemporary objects.-Nicole Steck | The fact that individuals of the colonial period employed a mixture of self-sustainment and third-party aide and manufactures much more closely resembles the modern period than the stereotypical colonial “Jack of all Trades” model has and gives much more of a realistic idea of contemporary objects.-Nicole Steck | ||
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| + | Beginning reading McGraw’s article, I found the comment, “…secondary literature tells us little about which tools, practices, and knowledge early farmers and farm wives customarily employed.” Up until this year, I was never taught the difference between primary and secondary sources. I found it interesting that looking at ownership of these tools, and inventory lists was the way McGraw approach it to find out what she needed, allowing a direct look at the material content of technology that American commonly employed. I found it interesting that items need greatly at the beginning of the century were completely useless just by the mid-centuries, such as the example of the carts versus a wagon. At first a wagon was looked as a luxury then created into a necessity for the agricultural world. I wonder will items that we use everyday, such as cell phones, become useless by 2050? – Megan Gallagher | ||
== American Colonial Wealth (Document A) == | == American Colonial Wealth (Document A) == | ||
