New Perspectives on Historical Writing - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 074561082X ISBN 13 : 9780745610825

Editeur : Polity Press, 1992

Synopsis

Now available in paperback, this book is a wide-ranging and up-to-date account of the most exciting and important developments in the methodology and practice of history.The volume covers many new, interdisciplinary areas of historical research, including historical anthropology, women's history, history of the body, history of images, oral history, history of reading, history of material culture, microhistory, political history and history from below. Each chapter analyses the key contributions to the field concerned and outlines the prospects for future developments.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Now available in paperback, this book is a wide–ranging and up–to–date account of the most exciting and important developments in the methodology and practice of history.

The volume covers many new, interdisciplinary areas of historical research, including historical anthropology, women′s history, history of the body, history of images, oral history, history of reading, history of material culture, microhistory, political history and history from below. Each chapter analyses the key contributions to the field concerned and outlines the prospects for future developments.

Revue de presse

′A must for all historians.′ Carlo Ginzburg, Department of History, University of California

′An excellent conspectus of what has been happening recently in social history, women′s history, oral history, the history of material culture and many other branches.′ Times Higher Education Supplement

′This is a useful volume for the training courses in historical method which are now proliferating.′ Economic History Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074561082X
• ISBN 13: 9780745610825
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Burke Peter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible