Not sure I framed that correctly. I'm very interested in the period of history that seems to (as Google tells me) extend a bit past "current history). That seems to be about 80 years. I'm interested in more like 100-120 years.
Is this time period covered as a sub-discipline within History? What resources could get me started? I have a doctorate in information systems so journal cites and a general academic response would be most helpful. Thank you. I can expand on the "why" of my interest if desired.
Not specifically. I'm interested in the running time of about 100 years back rather than a specific period. I likely cannot frame this well, but I'm interested in questions such as:
When do we perceive events as "history" as opposed to "recent". For example, I'm 52 years old. JFK was shot in my birth year but that seems recent. The 1950s I cannot label, but 1940s and prior feel "historical".
What's the curve of the historical impact of normal events over time? Not so much the big, WWI things but just the everyday "current event" things. It seems to me that these days we culturally forget so incredibly fast. Has that always been the case? It's odd to me that we generally don't know who Claude Shannon is, yet without him we'd not be having this conversation in this way.
These are probably not the amazing questions that they feel like to me, but rather indicative of my ignorance of history as a field.
You're interested in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries?
Also, please do expand on 'why'.