Adventures of a postmodern historian : living and writing the past / Robert A. Rosenstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenstone, Robert A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosenstone, Robert A.

Historians--Biography.

Historians.

Historiography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Summary:

"Robert Rosenstone was among the first 'postmodern' historians, and remains one of the most renowned. In this honest, revealing and often funny memoir, he shows us how he got there and why. Adventures of a Postmodern Historian chronicles Rosenstone's research journeys over half a century. Beginning in the 1960s, his offbeat trajectory took him on adventures through the police states of Franco Spain and the Soviet Union, to the Shinto shrines and Zen temples of Japan and ultimately to Hollywood. Alongside his own memoirs, Rosenstone reflects upon developments and changes within the realm of professional history, which in turn reflect the social, cultural, and intellectual shifts of the late 20th century. A pioneer of experimental and creative history, he suggests how the experience of the historian can inflect the written history, and provides a defence of innovation in historical writing that is both intellectually rigorous and entertaining. In doing so he offers a window into the state of history today--and points to exciting new ways of writing the past. This is a book about the craft of history, about both doing research and writing it. It should be required reading for all historians."-- Provided by publisher.

"An honest and revealing account of a prominent historian's offbeat research journeys through the 20th century, offering a unique view on how we study and write about the past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Before: Confessions 1

2. Spain: Crusade of the Left

3. Soviet Union: Romantic Revolutionary

4. Japan: Mirror in the Shrine

5. Hollywood: Visions of the Past

6. After: Confessions 2

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rosenstone, Robert A., author. Adventures of a postmodern historian.

ISBN:

9781474274210

1474274218

9781474274227

1474274226

OCLC:

926061922