Historians on History
2nd Edition
Published on 4. September 2015
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-1-138-12829-3 (ISBN)
Description
A follow-up to the bestselling The Pursuit of History, this Reader brings together the reflections of a number of major historians on the nature and purpose of their craft.
They illuminate the different governing assumptions - political, social, personal - that have sustained these leading practitioners in their studies, and show how different influences and methodologies have impacted on them.
In so doing, the book not only gives an insight into the great variety of aspirations and convictions that animate History as a discipline, but also brings into focus the key historiographic trends of the English-speaking world since World War II. Key themes which are highlighted include:
The nation
Marxism
People's history
Structural history
Gender
Race
Quantitative history
Ranging widely from the earlier traditions and schools to the wake of postmodernism, authors represented include Braudel, Carr, Elton, Himmelfarb, Hobsbawm, Scott and Zeldin.
This Reader provides the core reading for all History and Theory courses.
They illuminate the different governing assumptions - political, social, personal - that have sustained these leading practitioners in their studies, and show how different influences and methodologies have impacted on them.
In so doing, the book not only gives an insight into the great variety of aspirations and convictions that animate History as a discipline, but also brings into focus the key historiographic trends of the English-speaking world since World War II. Key themes which are highlighted include:
The nation
Marxism
People's history
Structural history
Gender
Race
Quantitative history
Ranging widely from the earlier traditions and schools to the wake of postmodernism, authors represented include Braudel, Carr, Elton, Himmelfarb, Hobsbawm, Scott and Zeldin.
This Reader provides the core reading for all History and Theory courses.
Reviews / Votes
"This is an indispensable collection of accessible and stimulating extracts from historians whose works have shaped modern historical practice. This book is crucial reading not only for students of historiography, but also for anyone seeking a wide-ranging introduction to the foundational texts of the discipline."Professor Robert Shoemaker, University of Sheffield, UK.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-12829-3 (9781138128293)
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Content
Introduction. Part One: History for its own Sake. Fidelity to the sources. 1. V.H. Galbraith. 2. G.R. Elton. Empathy and imagination. 3. C.V. Wedgwood. 4. Richard Cobb. Part Two: Political Histories. History as progress. 5. J.H. Plumb. 6. E.H. Carr. The nation. 7. Herbert Butterfield. 8. Daniel Boorstin. 9. A. Adu Boahen. Marxism. 10. Christopher Hill. 11. E.J. Hobsbawm. 12. Eugene Genoves. Part Three: The New Radicalism. History from below. 13. Raphael Samuel. 14. Vincent Harding. 15. Alf Ludtke. Gender. 16. Carroll Smith-Rosenberg. 17. Joan Scott. 18. Gisela Bok. Postcolonialism. 19. Ranajit Guha. 20. Dipesh Chakrabarty. 21. Catherine Hall. Part Four: Learning from Historical Perspective. Persistence and change. 22. Marc Bloch. 23. Peter Laslett. Beyond stereotypes. 24. Michael Howard. 25. Howard Zinn. Qualified predictions. 26. H.R. Trevor-Roper. 27. Alan Bullock. Part Five: History as Social Science. New questions, new concepts. 28. Richard Hofstadter. 29. Philip Abrams. The authority of numbers. 30. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. 31. Robert William Fogel. Reactions. 32. Fernand Braudel. 33. Lawrence Stone. 34. Theodore Zeldin. Part Six: The Cultural Turn. The impact of Postmodernism. 35. Patrick Joyce. 36. Joan Scott. 37. Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt and Margaret Jacob. The new Cultural History. 38. Mark Poster. 39. Robert Darnton. Memory and culture. 40. Pierre Nora. 41. Katherine Hodgkin and Susannah Radstone. Part Seven: Beyond Academia. 42. H.R. Trevor-Roper. 43. Gerda Lerner. Further Reading. Index.