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Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Third Edition
Ernst Breisach
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Description for Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Third Edition
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 802.
In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this up-to-date third edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with compelling sections on postmodernism, deconstructionism, African-American history, women's history, microhistory, the Historikerstreit, cultural history, and more. The definitive look at the writing of history by a historian, Historiography provides key insights into some of the most important issues, debates and innovations in modern historiography. Praise for the first edition: Breisach's comprehensive ... Read more
In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this up-to-date third edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with compelling sections on postmodernism, deconstructionism, African-American history, women's history, microhistory, the Historikerstreit, cultural history, and more. The definitive look at the writing of history by a historian, Historiography provides key insights into some of the most important issues, debates and innovations in modern historiography. Praise for the first edition: Breisach's comprehensive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
779g
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226072838
SKU
V9780226072838
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About Ernst Breisach
Ernst Breisach is professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University and the author of several books, including American Progressive History: An Experiment in Modernization and On the Future of History: The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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