EE in History - Need URGENT help

[bbankai]

My EE is due in a few days and my topic is on the change in Soviet Censorship during the Glasnost reform policy which was introduced in 1985 to the fall of the Soviet. I just realized, is the time period too close to the present be considered for a history essay? I'm panicking so much right now because it's due in a few days and I have already pretty much written 4000 words on the subject.

Edited September 8, 2008 by bbankai

[cereja]

If you were approved on the subject then you shouldn't have a problem. Did you talk to your advisor at all during the process?

[imaginelifeless]

[quote name='bbankai' post='23536' date='Sep 8 2008, 02:10 AM']My EE is due in a few days and my topic is on the change in Soviet Censorship during the Glasnost reform policy which was introduced in 1985 to the fall of the Soviet. I just realized, is the time period too close to the present be considered for a history essay? I'm panicking so much right now because it's due in a few days and I have already pretty much written 4000 words on the subject.[/quote]

no i'm sure it's fine. actually, the later the time period, the harder it is to write. i take it that the USSR fell in 1991? thats more than a decade ago, so it's fine.. haha

[__inthemaking]

Generally it's better to write about something that happened at least 20 years ago because there will probably be more resources available at your disposal. I did my EE in history and the event (Pearl Harbor) happened in 1941 and the years leading up to it, so I had a plethora of different sources.

But if your mentor has given you the okay for your topic and you were able to find good sources concerning your topic then I see no problem.