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From Herodotus to H-Net : the story of historiography / Jeremy D. Popkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography--History.
- Historiography.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A higher education history textbook on historiography"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Historiography from Herodotus to the Twentieth Century p. 1
- Chapter 1 What Is Historiography? p. 3
- The Concerns of Historiography p. 3
- This Book and Its Author p. 12
- Justifying the Study of the Past p. 15
- A Short Field Guide to the Varieties of History p. 19
- Chapter 2 History in Ancient and Medieval Times p. 26
- Herodotus and Thucydides p. 27
- History-Writing in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds p. 31
- The Origins of Chinese Historiography p. 36
- History, Judaism, and Christianity p. 37
- History in an Age of Belief p. 40
- History in the Chinese and Islamic Worlds p. 43
- The Late Middle Ages in Europe p. 44
- Chapter 3 The Historiographical Revolution of the Early Modern Era p. 49
- The Renaissance Revolution in Historiography p. 50
- Historians in a New World p. 53
- The Age of Print p. 55
- History in the Age of the Enlightenment p. 61
- Chapter 4 The Rise of Academic Scholarship and National History p. 71
- The Revolutionary Era and the Development of Historical Consciousness p. 74
- Ranke and His "Revolution" p. 79
- Nationalism and Historical Scholarship p. 85
- History and the Sciences of Society p. 90
- A Historical Civilization p. 94
- Chapter 5 Scientific History in an Era of Conflict p. 101
- Critiques of Scientific History p. 103
- World War I and the Understanding of History p. 109
- The Founding of the "Annales" School p. 115
- History and World War II p. 117
- Social History in the Postwar Period p. 122
- History in the Cold War World p. 124
- Part 2 Historiography in the Contemporary World p. 131
- Chapter 6 From Objectivity to the "Culture Wars": Historiography from the 1960s to the End of the Millennium p. 133
- The Challenges of the 1960s p. 133
- Searching for a New History p. 136
- New Paradigms for History p. 139
- Women's History and the History of Gender Relations p. 148
- Contesting Eurocentrism p. 151
- The History of Memory p. 155
- The "History Wars" p. 159
- Chapter 7 History and Historians in a New Millennium p. 171
- A Historical Controversy to End the Millennium p. 172
- History in the Internet Era p. 175
- History beyond the Printed Page p. 181
- New Directions in Historical Scholarship p. 192
- Chapter 8 Historians at Work p. 203
- The Graduate School Experience p. 207
- Searching for a lob in History p. 214
- The Quest for Tenure p. 216
- Professors' Work p. 218
- Is There Life after Tenure? p. 221
- History Careers beyond Academia p. 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Popkin, Jeremy D, 1948- From Herodotus to H-Net.
- ISBN:
- 9780190077617
- 0190077611
- OCLC:
- 1121443517
- Publisher Number:
- 99985422716
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