Please
Note: I
would like you to try to use the Chicago Style for this
essay, so consult the end of chapter 6 in A Short Guide to Writing
About
History and do your best to document your work in accordance with
the
standards you find there.
Part
3) In no more than one-quarter of a page, analyze any 10-page section
of chapter 2 (entitled "Of the Manners and Extraordinary Qualities of
the Original Natives of New Netherland") of Adriaen van der Donck's Description
of New Netherland by answering the following questions.
1)
Which of the three types of
sources is this source: diplomatic, social, or narrative. Here
are the
definitions of those types of sources:
·
Narrative
Sources: Are
just what they sound like,
sources that relate the details of an event as if it were a
story. With
all narrative documents the key is to focus heavily on the intentions
of the
maker(s) involved. Examples of a narrative source would be a
diary or
autobiography.
·
Diplomatic
Sources:
Diplomatic/juridical documents
document the creation of or the existence/status of a legal situation
or set of
circumstances. They have a particular form given them by the
institution
and customs/practices of the era for and in which they were
created. They
usually begin and end with formal language with a middle portion where
the
decision or main content of the document is contained. An example
of this
type of source would be a contract or a deed.
·
Social
Documents or Sources: Social
documents are those created by governmental institutions of various
sorts that
are not diplomatic/juridical in nature. They general record
"social
facts," i.e. information about aspects of people's daily lives.
2) Is
the source a copy or not and
might this be significant?
3)
Who produced the source?
4) Is
what it says unique or not?
5) Is
the observer informed,
competent, and trustworthy (here you have three questions really not
just one)?
Having
answered these questions,
answer this final one:
6)
What sorts of information does
the source give on New Netherland and how might you incorporate it into
a
larger research project.