Historiography Books

Plongez dans l'étude des principes fondamentaux de l'histoire avec ce livre exceptionnel. L'auteur y propose une réflexion intéressante sur le rôle de l'historien dans la compréhension de l'histoire.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

The History of the Holy Catholic Inquisition is a book written by Cyrus Mason that provides a detailed account of the infamous Inquisition that took place in the Catholic Church during the 16th century. The book is divided into several chapters that...

This book examines Tylor's historical and polemical writings.

Though many archival digital objects were not "born digital," film archives are now becoming important resources for digital scholarship as a consequence of digitization. Moreover, with advancements in digital research methods involving video annotation,...

Thinking History Globally means thinking about the past and the present beyond national borders, language barriers, and enclosed regions. There are four thinking strategies to gain global perspectives: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and...

Many of the foremost experts in the study of European fascism unite to provide a contemporary analysis of the theories and historiography of fascism. Essays discuss the most recent debates on the subject and how changes in the social sciences over the...

Presenting a set of rich case-studies which demonstrate novel and productive approaches to the study of colonial knowledge, this volume covers British, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish colonial encounters in Africa, Asia, America...

This book brings together David Cannadine's most important reflections on how history has been written and made in Britain in the twentieth century. Empire, monarchy, parliament, the economy, culture, heritage and tradition: Cannadine casts his eye over...

This richly interdisciplinary book explores the transformative impacts of personal encounters in Oceania on German understandings of human difference. Through detailed analyses of the works of A.B. Meyer and Otto Finsch, it illuminates the difficult...

This second volume in the series demonstrates how the conspiracy of 'the Sect', led by sophisters Voltaire, d'Alembert, and Diderot, passed from the hatred of Christianity to the hatred of kings. Barruel describes their political ideology, founded on the...

As the post-modern world lurches toward the disasters and bereavements that signal the end of an age, we turn to myth to comprehend the elemental forces that move through our lives, to know who we are, to understand which stories inform our consciousness...

One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. Consciously or not, history has become a form of thought applied to every facet of human experience; every field of human action can be...

Reading Nature's Book: Galileo and the Birth of Modern Philosophy is the first book-length study written with undergraduates in mind that examines the philosophical implications (both theoretical and historical) of Galileo's scientific discoveries,...

Patrick Aidan Heelan's The Observable offers the reader a completely articulated development of his 1965 philosophy of quantum physics, Quantum Mechanics and Objectivity.

Practically unknown before the Reformation, the idea of progress has since become one of the central concepts of western civilization. Professor Bury analyzes its evolution in the thought of Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to its...

Dieses Periodikum bietet Beiträge aus den Bereichen Archivwissenschaft, Diplomatik und Geschichte. Der erste Band enthält unter anderem eine umfassende Studie zur Trägerschaft von Urkunden aus dem Mittelalter.This work has been selected by scholars as...

The "Applied History" series from the State Historical Society of Iowa brings together leading scholars and historians to explore the practical applications of history in a variety of fields. From politics and diplomacy to business and marketing, these...

This thought-provoking essay examines the ways in which the study of history can be both helped and hindered. A great read for anyone interested in the field of historiography or the impact of history on society.This work has been selected by scholars as...

Teil 2 eines Buches, das sich mit den Hauptrichtungen und Aufgaben der Geschichtswissenschaft befasst.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in...

A Lecture on the Study of History is a thought-provoking work by Victorian historian, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, also known as Baron Acton. Originally delivered at Cambridge University in 1895, this lecture reflects on the importance of studying...

Transcribing Oral History offers a comprehensive guide to the transcription of qualitative interviews, an often richly debated practice within oral history. Beginning with an introduction to the field and an overview of the many disciplines that conduct...

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction PART I: THE CONTEXT OF THE DISCUSSIONS A Resurgent Intelligentsia The Twentieth Congress and History PART II: SOME MAJOR DISCUSSIONS The New Direction Historians Writing and Rewriting the History of Collectivization...

Historians in the early twenty-first century must reconcile long-standing approaches to evidence and narrative with the challenges posed by postmodern criticism, the explosion of historical sources and interpretations on the Internet, and the popularity...

People and their Pasts covers a range of stimulating topics discussing the different forms and ways the past is represented in the present. It explores these issues under three broad headings: the past in the present; presenting the past; places,...

The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe. In particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe. Whilst it...

A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is...

A five-year-long cooperation between historians from all over Europe, this collection offers the first in-depth analysis of the various ways to write and to conceptualise history beyond the nation-state-container. Examples discussed range from world and...

This book asks how 21st century technologies such as the Internet, mobile phones and social media are transforming human memory and its relationship to gender. Each epoch brings with it new media technologies that have transformed human memory. Anna...

The Historiography of Genocide is an indispensable guide to the development of the emerging discipline of genocide studies and the only available assessment of the historical literature pertaining to genocides.

Published to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the foundation of the Jewish Historical Society of England, this is no conventional dictionary. For two centuries an extensive Jewish community played an important role in English medieval history. The book...

This interdisciplinary volume provides a range of perspectives on the collective memory of the German Democratic Republic in contemporary Germany. Individual essays examine the controversial commemoration of the victims of state socialism, memories of...

This book presents a multi-authored study of europeanisation across the twentieth century from the First World War to the present day.

Shows the role of historians in making 'Dominion' status, which combined autonomy with unity and provided the peaceful route by which Canada, Australia and New Zealand gained their independence within the British Commmonwealth of Nations, while South...

A collection of outstanding work on Soviet Russia that embodies the legacy of acclaimed Soviet historian Sheila Fitzpatrick.

""A Trip Up The Volga To The Fair Of Nijni-Novgorod"" is a travelogue written by Henry Alexander Munro-Butler-Johnstone in 1875. The book follows the author's journey up the Volga River to the famous fair of Nijni-Novgorod, which was one of the largest...

""A Vocabulary For The Lower Standard In Hindustani"" is a book written by P. Mulvihill in 1884. The book serves as a guide for those who wish to learn Hindustani, which is a language spoken in parts of India and Pakistan. The vocabulary in the book is...

A Visit to Belgrade is a travelogue written by Siegfried Kapper in 1854. The book provides a detailed account of the author's journey to Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Kapper describes the city's history, culture, and architecture, as well as the...

""A Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary V1: To The Frontiers of China, The Frozen Sea, and Kamtchatka"" is a travelogue written by John Dundas Cochrane in 1829. The book describes Cochrane's journey on foot through Russia and Siberia,...

A New Theory of the Origin of Species is a book written by Benjamin G. Ferris and published in 1883. The book presents a new theory on how species originate, challenging the widely accepted theory of natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin. Ferris...