History in Crisis? Recent Directions in Historiography
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Beschreibung
This book explores the possibilities remaining for historical study in the face of the current trends, including postcolonialism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, among others.
KEY TOPICS: The volume examines key topics such as what was history and what is history? The problems of historical knowledge: historicism, presentism, and the writing of history, cross-pollination, varieties of history, historical actors, post modernist (re)visions, post-colonialism and the scope of history, as well as the future of history.
MARKET: For those interested in the study of history as well as those interested in the influence of recent political trends.
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Explore the possibilities remaining for historical study.
This book explores the possibilities remaining for historical study in the face of the current trends, including postcolonialism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, among others.
This text is available in a variety of formats – digital and print. Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through CourseSmart, Amazon, and more.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this text, readers will be able to:
- Understand how to examine trends in history.
- Understand how historical events influence today’s world.
Autor*in
Norman Wilson