Historian Eric Hobsbawm has called their machine wrecking " collective bargaining by riot ", which had been a tactic used in Britain since the Restoration, as the scattering of manufactories throughout the country made large-scale strikes impractical.

Historian Eric Foner argues that Paine's works " forged a new political language " designed to bring politics to the people, using a " clear, simple and straightforward " style.

Historian Eric Van Young believes that such ideas gave the movement supernatural and religious legitimacy that went as far as messianic expectation.

Historian Eric Lott has identified the irony of this arrangement: a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man.

Historian Eric H. Walther describes Miles tenure in the Confederate Congress:

Historian Eric A. Johnson used Löffler as an example of what he called " local Eichmanns " in his book, Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans.

Historian Philip S. Foner has described company towns as " feudal domain, with the company acting as lord and master.

* Kenneth C. Crowe, ' Philip Foner, Leading Labor Historian, Dies.

Historian Thomas Woods argues that the crashes were caused by various privately-owned banks with state charters that issued paper money, supposedly convertible to gold, in amounts greatly exceeding their gold reserves.

Historian of science Thierry Bardini argues that Engelbart's complex personal philosophy ( which drove all his research ) foreshadowed the modern application of the concept of coevolution to the philosophy and use of technology.

Historian Paul Nagel argues that, like Abraham Lincoln after him, Adams suffered from depression for much of his life.

Historian Frank McLynn argues that John's early years at Fontevrault, combined with his relatively advanced education, may have turned him against the church.

Historian Nancy Rabinowitz argues that ancient Greek red vase images portraying women with their arms around another woman's waist, or leaning on a woman's shoulders can be construed as expressions of romantic desire.

Historian Albert Mathiez argues that the authority of the Committee of Public Safety was based on the necessities of war, as those in power realized that deviating from the will of the people was a temporary emergency response measure in order to secure the ideals of the Republic.

Historian John M. Cooper argues that, in his first term, Wilson successfully pushed a legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled, and remained unmatched up until the New Deal.

Historian David Allyn argues that the sexual revolution was a time of " coming-out ": about premarital sex, masturbation, erotic fantasies, pornography use, and sexuality.

Historian Ahmad Y. al-Hassan argues — contra the general notion — that the Chinese technology passed through Arabic alchemy and chemistry before the 13th century.

" Historian Henry Reynolds argues that there was a " historical neglect " of the Aborigines by historians until the late 1960s.

( Historian Jacques Gernet argues that this means a population of over 1 million inhabitants, making Hangzhou the most populous city in the world.

Historian Colin Jones argues that Louis XV left France with serious financial difficulties: " The military disasters of the Seven Years War led to acute state financial crisis .".

Historian Michael Morrison argues that from 1820 to 1846 a combination of " racism and veneration of the Union " had prevented a direct northern attack on slavery.

Historian and theorist Bryan Palmer argues that gender studies current reliance on post-structuralism — with its reification of discourse and avoidance of the structures of oppression and struggles of resistance — obscures the origins, meanings, and consequences of historical events and processes, and he seeks to counter the current gender studies with an argument for the necessity to analyze lived experience and the structures of subordination and power.

Historian Edward Acton argues that " by stubbornly refusing to reach any modus vivendi with the Progressive Bloc of the Duma ... Nicholas undermined the loyalty of even those closest to the throne opened an unbridgeable breach between himself and public opinion.

Historian Robert Thomas ( 1965 ) argues that the impact of the acts on the economies of the 13 American colonies was minimal ; the cost was about ₤ 4 per ₤ 1000 of income per year.

Historian Gavan McCormack writes that Burchett regretted this analogy, but argues that the factual basis of the description was confirmed by POW Walker Mahurin.

Historian David Allyn argues that the sexual revolution was a time of " coming-out ": about premarital sex, masturbation, erotic fantasies, pornography use, and sexuality.

Historian Stuart Macintyre argues, " the achievements of the wowsers were impressive.

Historian Avery Craven argues that, for the most part, the debate from 1828-1832 was a local South Carolina affair.

Historian Sean Wilentz ( 2006 ) argues that as a practical politician elected to serve the people Jefferson had to negotiate solutions, not insist on his own version of abstract positions.

Historian Wilson D. Miscamble argues that Kennan played a critical role in shaping the foreign policies of the Truman administration.

Historian Michael Marquardt argues that the evidence suggests the organization occurred in Manchester, and that the confusion was likely due to the effect of memory tending to conflate memories of several meetings in Manchester and Fayette years earlier Critics suggest that the location of the organization was intentionally changed in 1834 around the same time the church's name was changed to the " Church of the Latter Day Saints ", in order to make it seem like the new church organization was different from the " Church of Christ ", as a tactic to frustrate the church's creditors and avoid payment of debts.

Historian James Reid has asserted that " What Wagner was to Hitler, Gökalp was to Enver Pasha.

Historian David Woods has proposed that St. Christopher's remains were possibly taken to Alexandria by Peter of Attalia where he may have become identified with the Egyptian martyr Saint Menas.

Historian Kenneth Holum describes the Ivory, " On the Ivory Theodosius wears distinctive costume and inclines slightly forward, but essentially he remains only part of the cortege and thus of the ceremonial context.

Historian Adolf von Harnack deduced from this that the family was of Jewish origin, but this cannot be certain.

The first certain appearance of Halley's Comet in the historical record is a description from 240 BCE, in the Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji, which describes a comet that appeared in the east and moved north.

Historian Paul Moon believes certain articles of the Treaty resemble the Treaty of Utrecht ( 1713 ), the British Sherbo Agreement ( 1825 ) and the Treaty between Britain and Soombia Soosoos ( 1826 ).

The LDS Church has never commented officially on these similarities, although certain features of the two rituals have been called " analogous " by one official Church Historian.

The Xia Dynasty of China ( from c. 2100 to c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals.

Records of the Grand Historian is the first among Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of history from 3000 BCE to the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

Historian Ron Chernow is of the opinion that his frustrations in dealing with government officials during this conflict led him to advocate the advantages of a strong national government and a vigorous executive agency that could get results ; other historians tend to ascribe Washington's position on government to his later American Revolutionary War service.

Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ), a Prefect of the Grand Scribes ( 太史令 ) of the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his universal history, the Records of the Grand Historian ( 史記 ).

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while " some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, derived from the Old Irish Samuin meaning " summer's end ".

Historian Jim Bradbury has summarised the contemporary historical opinion of John's positive qualities, observing that John is today usually considered a " hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general ".

Historian Kennieth Guthrie writes that " Numenius is perhaps the only recognized Greek philosopher who explicitly studied Moses, the prophets, and the life of Jesus.

Quoting Gérard de Nerval Art Historian Jean-Yves Heurtebise has further proposed that Dutch mannerism would typically use an otherwise general principle of Art History consisting of " the ability to capture what is different and to become different itself in this process "

Historian Werner Maser stated that " the claim that the Soviet Union was at the time threatened by Hitler, as Stalin supposed ,... is a legend, to whose creators Stalin himself belonged.

Historian and philosopher of science Patrick Singy claims that the DSM-5 is about to drastically loosen the criteria for paraphilias and to make them directly dependent on cultural values.

Historian Isaak Rozental says, " Their Kremlin ’ s approach is not to study history but to use it.

He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian, a " Jizhuanti "- style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to Emperor Wu of Han.

A star catalogue is featured in one of the chapters of the late 2nd-century-BC history work Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ) and contains the " schools " of Shi Shen and Gan De's work ( i. e. the different constellations they allegedly focused on for astrological purposes ).

Historian John Stow, writing in his Survey of London ( 1598 ), noted ' this place is called the Star Chamber, because the roof thereof is decked with the likeness of stars gilt ...' The chamber's description is regarded as the most likely explanation for its name by the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Historian Donald Morris holds that it is somewhere on Couper Street in the village of Stanger, South Africa.

Historian Patrick Allitt of the Teaching Company suggested that it is difficult to overestimate the long term economic benefits of political stability.

Historian of psychology Mark Altschule observes that, " It is difficult — or perhaps impossible — to find a nineteenth-century psychologist or psychiatrist who did not recognize unconscious cerebration as not only real but of the highest importance.

This date could be revised if the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is excavated and the account in the Records of the Grand Historian concerning a model map of the empire is proven to be true.

Nowadays, many Sinologists argue that the “ burying of scholars ”, as recorded in Grand Historian, is not literally true, as the term probably meant simply " put to death.

The Xia Dynasty (; ; c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical chronicles such as Bamboo Annals, Classic of History and Records of the Grand Historian.

The Records of the Grand Historian and the Classic of Rites say that Yu the Great is the grandson of Zhuanxu, but there are also other records, like Ban Gu, that say Yu is the fifth generation of Zhuanxu.