A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present

ISBN-13: 9781108444859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 358 str.

Daniel Woolf

Opis

An incisive account of the entire history of historical writing worldwide by one of the leading intellects in the field.

Recenzje

'Woolf ultimately provides a tour de force of global historiography. While the West certainly looms large in his work, Woolf's simultaneous treatment of Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Indian traditions counterbalances the West's general ubiquity in global historiography … A Concise History of History would make an excellent textbook for any undergraduate course requiring a substantive examination of Indo-Asia-Pacific historiography.' Viktor M. Stoll, Journal of Pacific History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The earliest forms of historical writing; 2. History in Eurasia to the mid-fifteenth century; 3. The sense of the past, 1450–1700; 4. Enlightenment, revolution and reaction, c.1700–1830; 5. Disciplining the past: professionalization, imperialism and science, 1830–1945; 6. Transitions: historical writing from the inter-war period to the present; 7. Where do we go from here? Reflections, new directions and prognostications.