Hist 4339

1857 Uprising; Research Guidelines

Uprising and Aftermath

• 1857 Uprising

—“Mutiny”?

—“Rebellion”?

• 1858: British victory

—British Crown takeover of India

—End of East India Company rule

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Primary Sources vs. Secondary Accounts

(see http://www.colorado.edu/history/guidelines/index.html#prim)

“A primary source is a record left by a person (or group) who participated in or witnessed the events you are studying or who provided a contemporary expression of the ideas or values of the period under examination. Letters, autobiographies, diaries, government documents, minutes of meetings, newspapers, or books written about your topic at that time are examples; non-written sources include interviews, films, photos, recordings of music, and clothing, buildings, or tools from the period.”

“Secondary works are accounts written by people who were not themselves involved in the events or in the original expression of the ideas under study. Written after the events/ideas they describe, they are based upon primary sources and/or other secondary works. Thus, an early 20th-century historian could prepare a secondary study of the American Civil War through her reading of documents from that period, interviews with veterans, examination of weapons, and so on.”