Historical Controversies and Historians

Herausgeber: Lamont, William

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For students new to the subject of history there are many books on the theory of writing history but very few on how history is actually practiced. This fascinating study by a team of distinguished historians from the University of Sussex fills this gap by exploring the theme of historical controversies and the historians who inspired them. The first half of the book examines a number of notable controversies, that have been, and still are, the subject of historical debate -- for example, race in South Africa, the legacy of the French Resistance and the origins of the Welfare State. These illustrate precisely the issues involved in "doing" history. The second half of the book focuses upon the historians themselves -- such as Tawney, Carr, Buckhardt, Weber, Thompson -- and demonstrates how the historian puts his/her own spin on historical interpretation. Together the study of controversies and historians shows with enviable clarity the practical issues of historical method. This unique work takes the reader directly into the experience of the historian, providing an excellent primer for any student embarking on a course in history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781138144910
• ISBN-10: 1138144916
• Artikelnr.: 69945848

Autorenporträt

William Lamont

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Historical Controversies: French Resistance - a Few Home Truths
H.R. Kedward; Ordinary Germans as Hitler's Willing Executioners? The Goldhagen Controversy
John C.G. Rohl; Unreliable Memories? The Use and Abuse of Oral History
Alistair Thomson; The English Reputations of Oliver Cromwell 1660-1900
Blair Worden; Histories of the Welfare State
Pat Thane; Placing Race in South African History
Saul Dubow; Agrarian Histories and Agricultural Revolutions
Alun Howkins. Part 2 Historians: The Weber Thesis - Unproven Yet Unrefuted
Richard Whatmore; R.H. Tawney - Who Did Not a Single Work Which Can Be Trusted?
William Lamont; Lawrence Stone and Interdisciplinary History
Michael Hawkins; Jacob Burckhardt - Romanticism and Cultural History
Malcolm Kitch; Anthony Blunt and Lucien Goldmann - Christianity
Marxism and the Ends of History
Brian Young; Bernard Bailyn and the Scope of American History
Colin Brooks; Writing Women In - the Development of Feminist Approaches to Women's History
Gerry Holloway; The New History - the Annales School of History and Modern Historiography
Peter R. Campbell; Opiate of the People and Stimulant for the Historian? - Some Issues in Sports History
John Lowerson; E.P. Thomson - Witness Against the Beast
Eileen Janes Yeo; Soviet Historians and the Rediscovery of the Soviet Past
B. Williams.