John Lewis Gaddis (Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval

The Landscape of History

How Historians Map the Past

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Produktbeschreibung

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 147mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 158g
• ISBN-13: 9780195171570
• ISBN-10: 0195171578
• Artikelnr.: 13962517

Autorenporträt

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: "The Landscape of History"
2: "Time and Space"
3: "Structure and Process"
4: "The Interdependency of Variables"
5: "Chaos and Complexity"
6: "Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals"
7: "Molecules with Minds of Their Own"
8: "Seeing Like a Historian"
Notes
Index