What is the argument? How does that argument challenge or support arguments made by other scholars?

The secondary source analyses has been attached and should be a 700-900 word essays that critically engage with a shared secondary reading.

Please use Chicago style citations.

Your response should not summarize the text. Instead, you should identify and engage with the central argument, sources, and significance of the text. What is the argument? How does that argument challenge or support arguments made by other scholars? (That is, how does it contribute to the historiography?) What types of sources is the author analyzing? Is there anything in the authors findings, methods, or sources that you question? What are the strengths of the text?