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History and Biography: Essays in Honour of Derek Beales

By T. C. W. Blanning , David Cannadine

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
9780521473309, 9780511562532, 0521893178, 0521473306, 0511562535, 9780521893176
LCC
D223 .H57 1996
Open Library ID
OL7742146M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6935819 bytes)
Pages
312\308
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

For too long, too many historians have been too much concerned with impersonal forces, underlying structures and long-term developments. Now, "people" are back. In a postmodern age it is easier to appreciate the decisive role played by individuals, as they ride their luck and seize their opportunity to bend the world to their will. As these essays by twelve eminent historians demonstrate, biography is too important to be left to the amateurs. Among the rich variety of strong characters analyzed here are an Austrian emperor, a German kaiser, a Victorian prime minister, an Italian dictator, and an American president.

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