Writing Contemporary History brings together some of the world's most pre-eminent historians to discuss the core issues confronting students of contemporary history today. Tackling ten key questions of current historiographical debate, each chapter sets in parallel and in opposition the contributions of two scholars. Questions include: Does gender history have a future? When does colonial history end? What is cultural history now about? This volume takes to heart the central rationale of the Writing History series, namely to combine theoretical reflection with the practice of producing historical texts. It introduces the reader to a variety of important theoretical approaches in the field of contemporary history writing and asks how these approaches have shaped historical writing in this important sub-discipline. Writing Contemporary History is an invaluable introduction to the central debates that have shaped the field of contemporary history.
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Writing Contemporary History is an invaluable introduction to the central debates that have shaped the field of contemporary history.
Tackles the key questions faced by contemporary historians today Provides a valuable overview for students and scholars new to the subject Focusses on the practical application of theory in writing history Includes chapters on gender, postcolonialism and political violence
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Tackles the key questions faced by contemporary historians today

The Writing History series publishes accessible overviews of particular fields in history, focusing on the practical application of theory in historical writing. Books in the series succinctly explain central concepts to demonstrate the ways in which they have informed effective historical writing. They analyse key historical texts and their producers within their institutional arrangement, and as part of a wider social discourse. The series' holistic approach means students benefit from an enhanced understanding of how to negotiate the contours of successful historical writing.

Series editors: Stefan Berger (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany), Heiko Feldner (Cardiff University, UK) and Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780340950005
Publisert
2008-07-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Hodder Arnold
Vekt
496 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Om bidragsyterne

Robert Gildea is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of The Past in French History (New Haven and London, Yale University Press), Marianne in chains. In Search of the German Occupation , 1940--1944 (London, Macmillan, 2002) and Children of the Revolution. The French, 1799--1914 (London, Allen Lane, 2008). He is currently directing an international research project on militants in Europe in 1965--75 entitled 'Around 1968: Activism, Networks, Trajectories'. Anne Simonin is Senior Researcher at the French National Scientific Center, appointed at the Maison Francaise d'Oxford for the last three years. Her recent publications included : "L'ecrivain, l'editeur et les mauvaises moeurs" in Boris Gobille and alii (ed), Mai Juin 68, Paris, Editions de l'Atelier, 2008, 411--427; "Le droit au mensonge: comment dire le vrai pendant la guerre d'Algerie", in Luc Boltanski and alii (ed), Affaires, scandales et grandes causes. De Socrate a Pinochet, Paris, Stock, 2007, 249--277. Her L'Honneur dans la Republique. Une histoire de l'indignite de la Revolution francaise aux annees cinquante will be published by Grasset in 2008.