The Pursuit of History

John Tosh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1991 | 2nd edition
Longman (Verlag)
978-0-582-02634-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Written for undergraduate students in history, this text focuses on the representation of the past in the work of historians. The author argues that students need to be aware of the limits placed on historical knowledge by the character of the sources and the working methods of historians.

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Why do we study history? How do we construct our knowledge of the past? How objective can it be? What are its limitations? Can we apply to it the methodology of social science? What different kinds of history are being written today? Answering these key questions, John Tosh's new edition preserves the shape of the original but extends the existing chapters with new much material on e.g. discourse, the history of mentalities and historical explanation; and gender has become an important recurring motif throughout.

Inhalt

Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. 1. The uses of history. 2. The raw materials. 3. Using the sources. 4. The mian themes: politics, ideas, language. 5. The main themes: economy, society, mentality. 6

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.1991
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 139 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 325 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• ISBN-10: 0-582-02634-2 / 0582026342
• ISBN-13: 978-0-582-02634-6 / 9780582026346
• Zustand: Neuware