Re:When pop history bombs: a response to Malcolm Gladwell
by rjtavares on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @01:28PM
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From what I read, historians generally like him. The main criticism is that he sometimes uses outdated sources or oversimplifies stuff.
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Re:When pop history bombs: a response to Malcolm Gladwell
by UncleMeat on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @03:53PM
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I've heard somewhat mixed things from my historian friends.
But you'll be happy to hear that "sometimes uses outdated sources or oversimplifies stuff" is a common criticism of basically all academic history written outside of the last 20 years, so he is in decent company.