Overview :"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for histo... Read More
Overview :In this classic work, distinguished French economic historian, Marc Bloch, discusses the techniques of historical observation, analysis, and... Read More
Overview :What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished hi... Read More
Overview :An indispensable resource for thousands of history students over five editions, Writing History: A Guide for Students provides a wealth of t... Read More
Overview :Who is to say how things really were? In formulating a modern answer to the question 'What is History?' Professor Carr shows that the 'facts... Read More
Overview :A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two Nat... Read More
Overview :A Time Magazine Best Books of the Year. In Landscape and Memory, award-winning author Simon Schama ranges over continents and centuries to r... Read More
Overview :"The great French historian Fernand Braudel has done what only giants can: he has made Western man confront the problem of time-individual t... Read More
Overview :"If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, ... Read More
Overview :In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to... Read More
Overview :What is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective and can such reflection help u... Read More
Overview :Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, Jos Ortega y Gass... Read More
Overview : For undergraduate and graduate courses in Historiography, Philosophy of History, and Historical Methods. Also an ideal supplemental text fo... Read More
Overview :Historians know about the past because they examine the evidence. But what exactly is "evidence," how do historians know what it means--and ... Read More
Overview :There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to te... Read More
Overview :From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography, Second Edition, offers a concise but comprehensive and up-to-date account of the many... Read More
Overview :This fascinating collection presents a rare look at women writers' first-hand perspectives on early American history. In the late eighteenth... Read More
Overview :Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this imaginative, wide-ranging, and deeply engaging expl... Read More
Overview :Modern Historiography is the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to ... Read More
Overview :Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the We... Read More