Leading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters in today’s global world and how it should be written. Globalization is emerging as a major economic,

How do we write about the history of a place, a person, an event or an idea in its context in the world? How do we do history in the current age of globalizatio

How do we write about the history of a place, a person, an event or an idea in its context in the world? How do we do history in the current age of globalizatio

From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and d

In this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of American history, twenty-four scholars from eleven European countries explore the impact of writ