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A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present

By Daniel Woolf

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
1108444857, 9781108444859
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4896905 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Concise Histories
Edition
Concise
Pages
358\362
Topic
History
Time added
2020-03-25 10:44:02

Description

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. Spanning the earliest known forms of historical writing in the ancient Near East right through to the present and covering developments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, it also touches on the latest topics and debates in the field, such as 'Big History', 'Deep History' and the impact of the electronic age. It features timelines listing major dynasties or regimes throughout the world alongside historiographical developments; guides to key thinkers and seminal historical works; further reading; a glossary of terms; and sample questions to promote further debate at the end of each chapter. This is a truly global account of the process of progressive intercultural contact that led to the hegemony of Western historiographical methods.

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