The new nature of history : Knowledge, evidence, language

By:

Marwick Arthur

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Chicago Lyceum Books 2001Description: 334p xviISBN:

9780333922620

Subject(s):

1. Historiography2. History - Philosophy

DDC classification:

954.000000 MAR

Contents:

Table of contents Preface; Introduction: The Battle of Basic Assumptions; History: Essential Knowledge about the Past; How the Discipline of History Evolved: From Thucydides to Langlois and Seignobos; How the Discipline of History Evolved through the Twentieth into the Twenty-first Century; The Historian at Work: Forget 'Facts', Foreground Sources; The Historian at Work: The Communication of Historical Knowledge; Theory, the Sciences, the Humanities.- Conclusion: Crisis, What Crisis; Appendix A: An Example of Learning Outcomes for a History Degree; Appendix B: Examples of Aims and Objectives; Appendix C: Writing History; Appendix D: Glossary; Further Reading; Index.

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Table of contents
Preface;
Introduction:
The Battle of Basic Assumptions;
History: Essential Knowledge about the Past;
How the Discipline of History Evolved: From Thucydides to Langlois and Seignobos;
How the Discipline of History Evolved through the Twentieth into the Twenty-first Century;
The Historian at Work: Forget 'Facts', Foreground Sources;
The Historian at Work: The Communication of Historical Knowledge;
Theory, the Sciences, the Humanities.- Conclusion: Crisis, What Crisis;
Appendix A: An Example of Learning Outcomes for a History Degree;
Appendix B: Examples of Aims and Objectives;
Appendix C: Writing History;
Appendix D: Glossary;
Further Reading;
Index.

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