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History
John Arnold

ISBN10: 019285352X ISBN13: 9780192853523
Publisher: Oxford University Press Oxford Paperbacks
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Feb 2000
Do historians reconstruct the truth or simply tell stories? This book suggests that they do both, and that the balance between 'truth' and 'story' is tremendously important to history. Taking us from the fabulous tales of ancient Greek historians... More

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ISBN: 9780521709064 - The Look of the Past

The Look of the Past
Ludmilla Jordanova

ISBN10: 0521709067 ISBN13: 9780521709064
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
Visual and material sources are central to historical practice and this is a much-needed introduction to using artefacts as evidence. How can we use visual and material culture to shed light on the past? Ludmilla Jordanova offers a fascinating and... More

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On History
Eric Hobsbawm

ISBN10: 0349110506 ISBN13: 9780349110509
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Abacus
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Aug 1998
A great historian tells the inside story of how history is recorded. In these essays, about a quarter of them previously unpublished, Eric Hobsbawm reflects upon the theory, practice and development of history and its relevance to the modern world. More

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ISBN: 9781107683556 - The Theft of History

The Theft of History
Jack Goody

ISBN10: 1107683556 ISBN13: 9781107683556
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Mar 2012
Goody raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis. In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential... More

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What is History?
Edward Hallett Carr, Richard J Evans

ISBN10: 0333977017 ISBN13: 9780333977019
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Nov 2001
To mark the 40th anniversary of this text, this updated volume reviews the state of the discipline at the beginning of the 21st century. Renowned scholars ask and seek to answer Carr's question for a new generation of historians: what does it mean... More

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ISBN: 9781862073951 - In Defence of History

In Defence of History
Richard J Evans

ISBN10: 1862073953 ISBN13: 9781862073951
Publisher: Granta Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jan 2001
In this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of his craft. At a time of deep scepticism about our ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, Evans shows us... More

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ISBN: 9781403933362 - What is History Now?

What is History Now?
Cannadine, David David Cannadine

ISBN10: 1403933367 ISBN13: 9781403933362
Publisher: Palgrave USA Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Apr 2004
A piercing and insightful look at understanding history in the twenty-first century E.H. Carr's "What is History?" was originally published by Macmillan in 1961. Since then it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies throughout the world. More

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ISBN: 9780340814345 - History in Practice

History in Practice
Ludmilla Jordanova

ISBN10: 0340814349 ISBN13: 9780340814345
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hodder Arnold
Edition: 2nd New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Jan 2006
For this new edition of her respected and widely-used book, Ludmilla Jordanova has revised the text and added a new chapter that takes into account recent world events. She discusses the role of the internet, globalisation, world history and the... More

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Writing History
Kevin Passmore, Heiko Feldner, Stefan Berger

ISBN10: 0340975156 ISBN13: 9780340975152
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hodder Arnold
Edition: 2nd New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Jan 2010
The second edition of Writing History provides students with an overview of how the study of history is informed by a broader intellectual and analytical framework. Rather than focus of abstract theory, it provides students with succinct... More

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ISBN: 9780230521483 - Why History Matters

Why History Matters
John Tosh

ISBN10: 0230521487 ISBN13: 9780230521483
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Apr 2008
Why History Matters identifies the essential features of historical thinking and shows how they can be applied to contemporary concerns. Drawing on topical examples from the Iraq War to the AIDs crisis to globalization, Tosh demonstrates why the... More

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