History after the three worlds : post-Eurocentric historiographies / edited by Arif Dirlik, Vinay Bahl, and Peter Gran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dirlik, Arif.

Bahl, Vinay.

Gran, Peter, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--History--20th century.

Historiography.

History.

Historiography--Developing countries.

Developing countries--Historiography.

Developing countries.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2000]

Summary:

This ambitious volume provides a comparative perspective on the challenges facing the discipline of history as Eurocentrism fades as a lens for viewing the world. Exploring the state of history and the struggle over its ownership throughout the world, the authors address the issues of globalization, postmodernism, and postcolonialism that have been largely ignored by practicing historians despite their importance to cultural studies and their relevance to history. Engaging in a vigorous critique of Eurocentrism, the volume at the same time reaffirms the importance of historical ways of knowing.

Contents:

Is there history after Eurocentrism? : globalism, postcolonialism, and the disavowal of history / Arif Dirlik

Archeologists and historians confront civilization, relativism, and poststructuralism in the late twentieth century / Thomas C. Patterson

Historiography in west Asian and North African studies since Sa'id's Orientalism / R.A. Abou-El-Haj

Situating and rethinking subaltern studies for writing working class history / Vinay Bahl

Reversals, ironies, hegemonies : notes on the contemporary historiography of modern China / Arif Dirlik

Conflict and connection : rethinking colonial African history / Frederick Cooper

The promise and dilemma of subaltern studies : perspectives from Latin American history / Florencia E. Mallon

Is world history possible? : an inquiry / Roxann Prazniak

Whither history? : encounters with historism, postmodernism, postcolonialism / Arif Dirlik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0847693414

0847693422

OCLC:

43971732