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The landscape of history : how historians map the past / John Lewis Gaddis.
LIBRA D16.8 .G23 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaddis, John Lewis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- History--Methodology.
- Aesthetics--History.
- Aesthetics.
- Historia--Filosofía.
- Historia--Metodología.
- Estética--Historia.
- Local Subjects:
- Historia--Filosofía.
- Historia--Metodología.
- Estética--Historia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- "What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history an art or science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and many other questions in this witty, engaging, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- 1. The landscape of history
- 2. Time and space
- 3. Structure and process
- 4. The interdependency of variables
- 5. Chaos and complexity
- 6. Causation, contingency, and counterfactuals
- 7. Molecules with minds of their own
- 8. Seeing like a historian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195066529
- 9780195066524
- 0195171578
- 9780195171570
- OCLC:
- 50155787
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195066524
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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