Biography and history
Biography is the oldest way of writing about historical events, and the most popular. Looking at the complex relationship between the discipline of history and the writing of lives, Biography and History provides an original and insightful introduction to a growing and increasingly important area of historical scholarship and research.
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- Full title :Biography and history / Barbara Caine.
Summary
Biography is the oldest way of writing about historical events, and the most popular. Looking at the complex relationship between the discipline of history and the writing of lives, Biography and History provides an original and insightful introduction to a growing and increasingly important area of historical scholarship and research.
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- Publication Date:©2010
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2010
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 152 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781403987266, 1403987262, 9781403987259, 1403987254
- oclc:ocn318872941
- LC Classification:D13
- Dewey Decimal:907.2
Table of Contents
Historians and the question of biography -- A history of biography -- Collective biography -- Auto/biography and life writing -- Interpreting and constructing lives -- Changing biographical practices.
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