Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
9-26-2013
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
Data is powerful in the right hands. Aggregate data is even more powerful. And Google is data.
One of the odder tools in the Google arsenal is the Ngram viewer a search engine which charts trends within the folds of Google Books' database. Punch in anything. I mean it. Try anything in the Ngram search engine and start falling down the historical trends rabbit hole. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Ngram 150th: Race, Sex and Big Data" (2013). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 91.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/91
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Comments
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public is written by alum and adjunct professor, John Rudy. Each post is his own opinions, musings, discussions, and questions about the Civil War era, public history, historical interpretation, and the future of history. In his own words, it is "a blog talking about how we talk about a war where over 600,000 died, 4 million were freed and a nation forever changed. Meditating on interpretation, both theory and practice, at no charge to you."