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S2 E10 Environmental Crisis and Recovery

History in Focus

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Utilizing the THOMAS Acronym for Academic Literature Assessment

The speaker shares their method for selecting books to review, which involves creating a list of their own and seeking recommendations from respected scholars. They utilize the THOMAS acronym, introduced by Dana Agmon, to guide their historiographical writing. THOMAS represents Topic, Historiography, Organization, Method, Argument, and Significance in ascending order of significance, helping to identify and assess the key points in academic literature.

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