"To write history is to consider how to explicate the past, to weigh the myriad possible approaches to the past, and to come to terms with how the past can be and has been used. In this book, prize-winning historian Jeremy Black considers both popular and academic approaches to …
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 increasin…
How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? This book explores the different aspects of the study of history and memory. Divided into three parts the book covers life-stor…
How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? This book explores the different aspects of the study of history and memory. Divided into three parts the book covers life-stor…
This work describes major changes in the conceptual language of the humanities, particularly in the discourse of history. In seven closely related essays, the author traces the development of academic vocabularies through the dynamically shifting cultural, political, and linguis…
This work describes major changes in the conceptual language of the humanities, particularly in the discourse of history. In seven closely related essays, the author traces the development of academic vocabularies through the dynamically shifting cultural, political, and linguis…
