A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society
Geoff Eley
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Description for A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society
Paperback. A first-hand account of the genealogy of the discipline, and of the rise of a new era of social history. Geoff Eley tracks the evolution of historical understanding in our time from social history through the so-called "cultural turn," and back again to a broad history of society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
"Eley brilliantly probes transformations in the historians' craft over the past four decades. I found A Crooked Line engrossing, insightful, and inspiring."
--Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic
"A Crooked Line brilliantly captures the most significant shifts in the landscape of historical scholarship that have occurred in the last four decades. Part personal history, part insightful analysis of key methodological and theoretical historiographical tendencies since the late 1960s, always thoughtful and provocative, Eley's book shows us why history matters to him and why it should also matter to us."
--Robert Moeller, University of California, Irvine
"Part genealogy, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472069040
SKU
V9780472069040
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About Geoff Eley
Geoff Eley is Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
Reviews for A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society
"Part genealogy, part diagnosis, part memoir, Eley's account of the histories of social and cultural history is a tour de force." —Antoinette Burton, Professor of History and Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, The University of Illinois "Eley's reflections on the changing landscape of academic history in the last forty years will interest ... Read more