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History is study of change over time. Historians try to understand how and why societies around the world have changed. When historians study these changes they constantly ask themselves questions. DailyHistory.org is site that is designed allow people to actively engage in these historical questions to better understand how and why our world has changed.  Each of the articles on this site answer specific historical questions. Sometimes these questions address broad historical issues while others focus on a much smaller stories.  Most importantly, DailyHistory.org is a wiki.  All of the historical articles are wikis and can be edited by any of our users. In order to better answer these historical questions, DailyHistory.org also publishes booklists.  History is a field that has been upon the work of previous historians.  Any user can create a Top Ten booklist in a specific historical fields.  Historians endlessly debate which books are the best and we hope that debate will take place here.   
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Dailyhistory.org was created in 2016, and it is a site dedicated to answering historical questions. Sometimes these questions address broad historical issues while others focus on much smaller stories.   
  
In addition, to our wiki articles and booklists, DailyHistory.org will also publish expert booklists from current historians and interviews with authors. While the expert booklists will give users and opportunity to see what historians consider to be the most important and innovative books in their fields and the author interviews will give current historians an opportunity to introduce new ideas and questions to the community.
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DailyHistory.org will also publish booklists and book reviews from current historians and interviews with authors. The booklists will give users an opportunity to see what historians consider to be the most critical and innovative books in their fields. The author interviews will give current historians a chance to introduce new ideas and questions to the community.
  
We are excited about this site and we hope you engage in many collaborative and meaningful historical debates.
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I hope you enjoy DailyHistory.org.
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Clinton Sandvick
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Founder and Editor for DailyHistory.org

Latest revision as of 03:32, 17 February 2019

Dailyhistory.org was created in 2016, and it is a site dedicated to answering historical questions. Sometimes these questions address broad historical issues while others focus on much smaller stories.

DailyHistory.org will also publish booklists and book reviews from current historians and interviews with authors. The booklists will give users an opportunity to see what historians consider to be the most critical and innovative books in their fields. The author interviews will give current historians a chance to introduce new ideas and questions to the community.

I hope you enjoy DailyHistory.org.

Clinton Sandvick Founder and Editor for DailyHistory.org