Historiography in the twentieth century : from scientific objectivity to the postmodern challenge / Georg G. Iggers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iggers, Georg G.

Standardized Title:

Geschichtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Historiography--History--20th century.

Historiography.

History.

History--Philosophy.

History--Methodology.

Physical Description:

x, 182 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Historiography in the 20th century

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH ; London : University Press of New England [for] Wesleyan University Press, [1997]

Summary:

A preeminent intellectual historian here examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers traces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and writing have been based since history's emergence as a professional discipline in the nineteenth century, and describes how the newly emerging social sciences transformed historiography following World War II.

Contents:

I Introduction

II The Early Phase: The Emergence of History as a Professional Discipline

1 The Middle Phase: The Challenge of the Social Sciences

2 History and the Challenge of Postmodernism

3 Epilogue: A Retrospect from the Twenty-First Century

4 Notes

5 Suggested Readings

6 Index.

Notes:

An expanded English version of: Geschichtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0819553026

0819563064

OCLC:

187459534