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New History and the Old Critical Essays and Reappraisals, Revised Edition

Himmelfarb, Gertrude
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780674013841
Publisert
2004-05-30
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
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The Belknap Press
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Himmelfarb, Gertrude

Om bidragsyterne

Gertrude Himmelfarb is the author of many books, including intellectual biographies of Acton, Darwin, and Mill; essays on the Victorians, including Victorian Minds; the social history studies The Idea of Poverty and The De-Moralization of Society; and reflections on contemporary culture, On Looking into the Abyss and One Nation, Two Cultures.

New History and the Old Critical Essays and Reappraisals, Revised Edition

Himmelfarb, Gertrude
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
Himmelfarb, Gertrude
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
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For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and the writing of history, Gertrude Himmelfarb adds four insightful and provocative essays dealing with changes in the discipline over the past twenty years.In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Francis Fukuyama’s “end of history,” Himmelfarb enriches her illuminating exploration of the myriad ways—new and old—in which historians make sense of the past.
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For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and historiography, Himmelfarb adds four new essays. In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Fukuyama's “end of history,” Himmelfarb enriches her exploration of the ways historians make sense of the past.
Les mer
Himmelfarb has an intellect of steel as sharp as a razor. For those who enjoy intellectual debate and a concern for the value of the past, The New History and the Old is as splendid as an Olympic fencing match.
Les mer

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For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and the writing of history, Gertrude Himmelfarb adds four insightful and provocative essays dealing with changes in the discipline over the past twenty years.In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Francis Fukuyama’s “end of history,” Himmelfarb enriches her illuminating exploration of the myriad ways—new and old—in which historians make sense of the past.
Les mer
For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and historiography, Himmelfarb adds four new essays. In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Fukuyama's “end of history,” Himmelfarb enriches her exploration of the ways historians make sense of the past.
Les mer
Himmelfarb has an intellect of steel as sharp as a razor. For those who enjoy intellectual debate and a concern for the value of the past, The New History and the Old is as splendid as an Olympic fencing match.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674013841
Publisert
2004-05-30
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
The Belknap Press
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Himmelfarb, Gertrude

Om bidragsyterne

Gertrude Himmelfarb is the author of many books, including intellectual biographies of Acton, Darwin, and Mill; essays on the Victorians, including Victorian Minds; the social history studies The Idea of Poverty and The De-Moralization of Society; and reflections on contemporary culture, On Looking into the Abyss and One Nation, Two Cultures.

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