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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101441177671

ISBN-139781441177674

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHistoriography: an Introductory Guide

Publication Year2012

SubjectHistoriography, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorEileen Ka-May Cheng

Subject AreaHistory

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-376952

Reviews"This relatively slim volume tells the story of Western historiography since the Renaissance, keeping a clear distance from the usual progressive story line. The volume is well written; the content, reliable; and the bibliography, well selected. Summing up: Recommended." --E.A. Breisach, emeritus, Western Michigan University, CHOICE, This relatively slim volume tells the story of Western historiography since the Renaissance, keeping a clear distance from the usual progressive story line. The volume is well written; the content, reliable; and the bibliography, well selected. Summing up: Recommended.

Original LanguageEnglish

Table Of ContentIntroduction / 1: Art and Science in Renaissance and Early Modern Historical Writing / 2: Enlightenment and Philosophical History / 3: Romantic and Critical History / 4: Scientific History and Its Challengers / 5: Social History, Fragmentation and the Revival of Narrative / 6: History and Historiography in Global Perspective / Appendix: Major American and European Historians / Bibliography / Index.

Synopsis"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians continue to argue over the meaning of the term. This book challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an accessible and concise overview of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present. Historiography plays an integral role in aiding undergraduate students to better understand the nature and purpose of historical analysis more generally by examining the many conflicting ways that historians have defined and approached history. By demonstrating how these historians have differed in both their interpretations of specific historical events and their definitions of history itself, this book conveys to students the interpretive character of history as a discipline and the way that the historian's context and subjective perspective influence his or her understanding of the past., "What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938 and professional historians continue to argue over the meaning of the term. This book challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an accessible and concise overview of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present, focusing primarily on the US and Europe. Historiography plays an integral role in aiding undergraduate students to better understand the nature and purpose of historical analysis more generally by examining the many conflicting ways that historians have defined and approached history. By demonstrating how these historians have differed in both their interpretations of specific historical events and their definitions of history itself, this book conveys to students the interpretive character of history as a discipline and the way that the historian's context and subjective perspective influence his or her understanding of the past. >

LC Classification NumberD13