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The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources
Adam (Ed) Budd
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Description for The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources
paperback. Guides readers through European and North American developments in history-writing since the eighteenth century. This title starts with enlightenment history and moves through subjects such as moral history, national history, the emergence of history as a profession, and the impact of scientific principles on history. Editor(s): Budd, Dr Adam. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 958.
In The Modern Historiography Reader, Adam Budd guides readers through European and North American developments in history-writing since the eighteenth century. Starting with Enlightenment history and moving through subjects such as moral history, national history, the emergence of history as a profession, and the impact of scientific principles on history, he then looks at some of the most important developments in twentieth-century historiography such as social history, traumatic memory, postcolonialism, gender history, postmodernism, and the history of material objects. This is the only book that brings together historiographical writing from anthropology, literary theory, philosophy, ... Read more
In The Modern Historiography Reader, Adam Budd guides readers through European and North American developments in history-writing since the eighteenth century. Starting with Enlightenment history and moving through subjects such as moral history, national history, the emergence of history as a profession, and the impact of scientific principles on history, he then looks at some of the most important developments in twentieth-century historiography such as social history, traumatic memory, postcolonialism, gender history, postmodernism, and the history of material objects. This is the only book that brings together historiographical writing from anthropology, literary theory, philosophy, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Routledge Readers in History
Condition
New
Weight
957g
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415458870
SKU
V9780415458870
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About Adam (Ed) Budd
Adam Budd is Director of the Historical Methods Programme in the Graduate School of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh. He teaches historiography, bibliography, and eighteenth-century literary history, and has published on related topics. His study of medicine and literary culture in the Scottish Enlightenment is forthcoming.
Reviews for The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources
'An excellent potential teaching tool as well as a book from which those working in various branches of historiography will profit.' - Daniel Woolf, University of Alberta, General Editor, The Oxford History of Historical Writing 'An expert and well-conceived collection, presenting the major issues in historiography over the past three centuries ... The work as ... Read more