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The September 2019 issue (V65 N3) of Civil War History magazine features an article by Earl Hess which has already sparked some controversy (see Kevin Levin's blog).
Per the magazine's website, the article reaches six conclusions:
A perhaps related thread from 2014.
Per the magazine's website, the article reaches six conclusions:
- the internet has made an enormous amount of published primary material available to historians.
- staff members of archival institutions have encountered many limitations in their efforts to scan and place large amounts of unpublished primary material on the internet.
- there is no evidence that the internet has enhanced the ability of scholars to market and sell their books.
- the internet apparently has not fostered increased collaboration among Civil War historians.
- most Civil War historians do not trust, like, or participate in social media.
- the multitude of informational websites concerning Civil War topics on the internet pose a daunting task for any scholar who wishes to assess, use, or criticize them.
A perhaps related thread from 2014.
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