Historians on History
2nd Edition
Published on 23. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-1-4058-0168-3 (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 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4058-0168-3 (9781405801683)
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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 &nnbsp;
20. Dipesh Chakrabarty
21. Catherine Hall
Part Four: Learning from Historical Perspective
Persistence and change
22. March 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
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 &nnbsp;
20. Dipesh Chakrabarty
21. Catherine Hall
Part Four: Learning from Historical Perspective
Persistence and change
22. March 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