Companion to Historiography
Author | : Michael Bentley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1022 |
Release | : 2006-02-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134970230 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134970234 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book Companion to Historiography written by Michael Bentley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-27 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion to Historiography is an original analysis of the moods and trends in historical writing throughout its phases of development and explores the assumptions and procedures that have formed the creation of historical perspectives. Contributed by a distinguished panel of academics, each essay conveys in direct, jargon-free language a genuinely international, wide-angled view of the ideas, traditions and institutions that lie behind the contemporary urgency of world history.