One of the greatest historians of the twentieth century, Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-1987) is known for his path-breaking studies of ancient Greek and Roman history. The encyclopedic knowledge of the ancient world that Momigliano brought to his work, however, enabled him to make co…
"Edward Hallett Carr is renowned as the historian of Soviet Russia, biographer of The Romantic Exiles, founder of the 'realist' approach to the study of International Relations and author of the classic Trevelyan lecture series, What Is History?" "This biography reveals how inti…
"Models of the History of Philosophy. From its Origins in the Renaissance to the 'Historia philosophica' (a translation of a work published in 1981 in Italian - the bibliography has been updated) gives a comprehensive description of the various forms and approaches in the litera…
"This first-ever biography of Howard Zinn traces in broad strokes the story of his life, placing special emphasis on his involvement in both the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests. Biographer and historian Davis Joyce summarizes each of Zinn's books within the co…
"This first-ever biography of Howard Zinn traces in broad strokes the story of his life, placing special emphasis on his involvement in both the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests. Biographer and historian Davis Joyce summarizes each of Zinn's books within the co…
Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, "I know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our p…
"Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm's Age of Extremes, 1914-1991, said, "I know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our po…
"Although historians talk about each other's work routinely, they have been reluctant to record their thoughts about the leading practitioners of U.S. history. Robert Allen Rutland attempts to remedy this state of things with this collection named for Clio, the Greek muse vested…
"Once recalled only for The Whig interpretation of history (1931) and Christianity and history (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western culture has undergone an astonishing revaluation over the past twenty years. What has been left out of this reappraisal is the…
