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What is Cultural History?
Peter Burke
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Paperback.
What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its third edition, leading historian Peter Burke offers afresh his accessible account of the past, present and future of cultural history, as it has been practised not only in the English-speaking world, but also in Continental Europe, Asia, South America and elsewhere. Burke begins by discussing the 'classic' phase of cultural history, associated with Jacob Burckhardt and Johan Huizinga, and the Marxist reaction to it, from Frederick Antal to Edward Thompson. ... Read more
What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its third edition, leading historian Peter Burke offers afresh his accessible account of the past, present and future of cultural history, as it has been practised not only in the English-speaking world, but also in Continental Europe, Asia, South America and elsewhere. Burke begins by discussing the 'classic' phase of cultural history, associated with Jacob Burckhardt and Johan Huizinga, and the Marxist reaction to it, from Frederick Antal to Edward Thompson. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509522217
SKU
V9781509522217
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About Peter Burke
Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge
Reviews for What is Cultural History?
'Here is a classic, fluently updated to include recent developments in the field. This is a must for all students of cultural history, a feast prepared by a master.' Jay Winter, Yale University 'Peter Burke has done it again! This lucid book will delight any reader who wants to understand cultural history.' Natalie Zemon ... Read more