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HI3001 - Historical Debate

  • 25-04-2009 6:09pm
    #1
    Corkbhoy8
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    Has anyone ever done this module...or currently studying it? Just looking for info regarding good resources for exam questions. Cheers.
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  • #2
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    I'm doing it right now, whats your problem?


  • #3
    Corkbhoy8
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Corkbhoy8


    nice im online too..i suppose the problem is i only do history as a minor (i do 50 credits of economics) so Im not really clued into what the lecturers will be looking for. I think ill attempt the women in ireland and the famine question..open to suggestion tho??


  • #4
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    I'll be doing the Famine and Irish Revolution. I can give you a list of the sources I am using regarding the Famine if you wish.


  • #5
    Corkbhoy8
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Corkbhoy8


    that'd be great..thanks!im ok for the women in ireland question i think!What kind of angle do u think hes going to ask the question at?


  • #6
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    These are the articles I am using, all of which can be found on jstor, besides the JJ Lee, which is on Blackboard...

    "Agricultural Change and Rural Depopulation: Ireland, 1845-1876" - Kevin O'Rourke.

    "Did The Great Irish Famine Matter" - Kevin O'Rourke.

    "Historians and the Famine: A Beleaguered Species?" - Mary E. Daly.

    "Making Irish Famine History in 1995" - Cormac Ó Gráda.

    "Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine" - Timothy W. Guinnane & Cormac Ó Gráda.

    "The Context of Migration: The Example of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century" - James H. Johnson.

    "The Irish Diaspora in the Nineteenth Century" - JJ Lee.


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  • #7
    odin_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭odin_ie


    I am just wondering are they looking for a debate based answer or not


  • #8
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    odin_ie wrote: »
    I am just wondering are they looking for a debate based answer or not

    Not sure what you mean. I have the answer planned like any other history essay. Historiography will be very important.


  • #9
    Corkbhoy8
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Corkbhoy8


    Cheers ill have a look at them!How long are your essays?


  • #10
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Corkbhoy8 wrote: »
    Cheers ill have a look at them!How long are your essays?

    On average 2 and a half, three pages. I have smallish writing, about ten-twelve words per line.


  • #11
    Corkbhoy8
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Corkbhoy8


    Ya id be about the same..cheers for the help anyway,hope it goes well for you!


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  • #12
    odin_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭odin_ie


    That wasn't too bad...one more to go now :)


  • #13
    becks4bucks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭becks4bucks


    Quick question - has anyone here done the h dip in history and if so what hours weekly are spent in class - i need to know if i can accomodate the coure in my lifestyle as i have two kids and work nights


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