
How to Read a History Book - The Hidden History of History
Marshall Poe(Author)
Zero Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 26. January 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-78099-729-2 (ISBN)
Description
A deconstruction of the modern history book as artifact, How to Read a History Book explains who writes history books, how the writers are trained, and why they write them. It also discusses genre, bias (political and otherwise) and how to read history books between the lines. Written for undergraduates, intro graduate students and anyone with an informed interest in the subject, How to Read a History Book demonstrates that, rather than being objects that fall from the sky, history books are actually socially-constructed artifacts reflecting all the contradictions of modern meritocratic capitalism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78099-729-2 (9781780997292)
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E-Book
01/2018
Simon + Schuster LLC
€12.85
Available for download
Person
Marshall T. Poe is a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a writer, and is founder and editor of the New Books Network. He lives in Northampton, MA.