The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past - Couverture souple

Gaddis, John Lewis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195171578 ISBN 13 : 9780195171570

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2004

Synopsis

What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.

Written in the tradition of Marc Bloch and E. H. Carr, The Landscape of History is at once an engaging introduction to the historical method for beginners, a powerful reaffirmation of it for practitioners, a startling challenge to social scientists, and an effective skewering of postmodernist claims that we can't know anything at all about the past. It will be essential reading for anyone who reads, writes, teaches, or cares about history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195171578
• ISBN 13: 9780195171570
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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