"This book develops a philosophical structure for historical explanation that resolves disputes about the scientific status of history that have persisted since the nineteenth century. It does this by showing why historical explanations must take the form of a narrative and by m…
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This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potenti…
"The digital age is affecting all aspects of historical study, but much of the existing literature about history in the digital age can be alienating to the traditional historian who does not necessarily value or wish to embrace digital resources. History in the Digital Age take…
"The digital age is affecting all aspects of historical study, but much of the existing literature about history in the digital age can be alienating to the traditional historian who does not necessarily value or wish to embrace digital resources. History in the Digital Age take…
"How does history relate to the past? According to leading historical theorists, the relation to the past in history is reducible to evidential, psychological, practical and retrospective concerns. In contrast, this volume claims that historical relations to the past are irreduc…
Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In…
"In this innovative volume, editors Dan Edelstein, Stefanos Geroulanos, and Natasha Wheatley bring together a stunning collection of essays that challenge our understanding of what it means to interpret history by focusing on the nexus of two concepts, "power" and "time," as the…
In this biography, James Humphreys takes a close look at Simkins as a man, to better understand him as a historian. He engages with Simkins' physical and mental eccentricities and explores the extent to which the historian was shaped by the values he learned during his childhood…