Threads and Traces
| Author | : Carlo Ginzburg |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2012-09-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520274488 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520274482 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Threads and Traces by : Carlo Ginzburg
Download or read book Threads and Traces written by Carlo Ginzburg and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a translation of historian Carlo Ginzburgʾs latest collection of essays. Through the detective work of uncovering a wide variety of stories or microhistories from fragments, Ginzburg takes on the bigger questions: How do we draw the line between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? Stories range from medieval Europe, the inquisitional trial of a witch, seventeenth-century antiquarianism, and twentieth-century historians"--Provided by publisher.
