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For the academic journal, see Continuity and Change .
Historians have questioned whether the New Deal in the US is best seen as a decisive change or more as being a case of societal continuity in the context of American history . The picture shows two children pumping water by hand. This was the sole water supply in this section of Wilder, Tennessee in 1942)

Change and continuity is a classic dichotomy within the fields of history , historical sociology , and the social sciences more broadly. The question of change and continuity is considered a classic discussion in the study of historical developments. [1] The dichotomy is used to discuss and evaluate the extent to which a historical development or event represents a decisive historical change or whether a situation remains largely unchanged. A good example of this discussion is the question of how much the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 represents an important change in European history . In a similar vein, historian Richard Kirkendall once questioned whether FDR 's New Deal represented "a radical innovation or a continuation of earlier themes in American life?" and posed the question of whether "historical interpretations of the New Deal [should] stress change or emphasize continuity?" [2] The issue here is if the New Deal marks something radically new ( change ) in US history or if the New Deal can be understood as a continuation ( continuity ) of tendencies in American history that were in place well before the 1930.

The dichotomy is important in relation to constructing, discussing, and evaluating historical periodizations . In terms of creating and discussing periodization (e.g. the Enlightenment or the Victorian Era ,) the dichotomy can be used to assess when a period can be said to start and end, thus making the dichotomy important in relation to understanding historical chronology . Economic historian Alexander Gerschenkron has taken issue with the dichotomy, arguing that continuity "appears to mean no more than absence of change, i.e. stability." [3] German historian Reinhart Koselleck , however, has been said to challenge this dichotomy. [4]

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  1. ^ Jørn Henrik Petersen og Klaus Petersen. " Præsentation: Dansk velfærdshistorie. " Historisk Tidsskrift (Denmark), bind 110, hæfte 1, s. 217.
  2. ^ Richard Kirkendall. "The New Deal As Watershed: The Recent Literature." The Journal of American History Vol. 54, No. 4 (1968), pp. 839.
  3. ^ Alexander Gerschenkron. "On the Concept of Continuity in History." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 106, No. 3 (Jun. 29, 1962), pp. 195?209.
  4. ^ Reinhardt Koselleck (2006) "Conceptual History, Memory, and Identity: An Interview with Reinhart Koselleck." Interview by Javier Fernandez Sebastian and Juan Francisco Fuentes Contributions to the History of Concepts Vol. 2, pp. 110?12.


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