History and historians in the twentieth century / edited by Peter Burke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burke, Peter, 1937-

British Academy.

Series:

British Academy centenary monograph.

British Academy centenary monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Historians.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, [2002]

Summary:

One of the major intellectual debates at the beginning of the new century concerns the status of accounts of the past. Do historians discover or invent, construct or reconstruct the objects they study? The discussion has been particularly lively in France and in the USA, and it is therefore appropriate that a group of distinguished historians from Britain should now engage with this subject. These ten essays present a historical and critical overview of British historical thought and writing since 1900, focusing on selected periods, regions, disciplines, and themes. This challenging volume will intrigue anyone interested in the process of history writing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0197262686

OCLC:

48753376