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Paperback. Dust is a witty and highly original investigation into the development of modern history writing. This book considers how history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world, and suggests that, like dust, the 'matter of history' can never go away or be erased. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
In this witty, engaging and challenging book, Carolyn Steedman has produced a highly original and sometimes irreverent investigation into the development of modern history writing. Dust is about the practice and writing of history. Dust considers the immutable, stubborn set of beliefs about the material world, past and present, inherited from the nineteenth century, with which modern history writing attempts to grapple. Drawing on over five years worth of her own published and unpublished writing, the author has produced a sustained argument about the way in which history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world. ... Read more
In this witty, engaging and challenging book, Carolyn Steedman has produced a highly original and sometimes irreverent investigation into the development of modern history writing. Dust is about the practice and writing of history. Dust considers the immutable, stubborn set of beliefs about the material world, past and present, inherited from the nineteenth century, with which modern history writing attempts to grapple. Drawing on over five years worth of her own published and unpublished writing, the author has produced a sustained argument about the way in which history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Series
Encounters: Cultural Histories
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719060151
SKU
9780719060151
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Ref
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About Carolyn Steedman
Carolyn Steedman is Professor of History at the University of Warwick -- .
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