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An introduction to historical comparison / Mikhail Krom ; translated by Elizabeth Guyatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krom, M. M. (Mikhail Markovich), author.
- Standardized Title:
- Vvedenie v istoricheskui︠u︡ komparativistiku. English.
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- Historiography--Comparative method.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- "An Introduction to Historical Comparison is the first comprehensive study of the theory and practice of comparative-historical research. Designed as a handbook for historians, this book shows scholars how to develop the skills needed to successfully employ a comparative methodology. It begins by tracing the intellectual history of comparative history writing and then examines the practice of historical comparison. The result is a clear and engaging analysis of historical thinking and a useful guide to main methodological techniques, successes, and pitfalls of comparative research"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Paradoxes of historical comparison
- Comparison in history : from antiquity to the enlightenment
- Historicism and the comparative method (nineteenth century to early twentieth century)
- The lessons of Max Weber and Marc Bloch
- The rise of historical comparison in the later twentieth century
- New challenges : cultural transfers, histoire croiseé, transnational history and criticism of traditional comparison
- Comparative historical sociology
- Does method exist?
- The functions of comparison and its specifics in historical research
- Selection of objects for comparison and types of historical comparison
- Recommendations for newcomers to historical comparison
- Comparison in economic history
- Comparison in political history
- Comparison in social history
- Comparative research on nationalism, empire and colonialism.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Vvedenie v istoricheskui︠u︡ komparativistiku : uchebnoe posobie.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781350123359
- 1350123358
- 9781350123342
- 135012334X
- 9781350123335
- 1350123331
- OCLC:
- 1230939219
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