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Historians' autobiographies as historiographical inquiry : a global perspective / Jaume Aurell, University of Navarra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aurell i Cardona, Jaume, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians--Biography--History and criticism.
- Historians.
- Historiography--History.
- Historiography.
- Autobiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This Element analyses the autobiographies of historians from a global perspective and looks at all eras, from antiquity to the present day. It includes twenty autobiographies: Caesar's and Lucian of Samosata's memories in antiquity; an autobiography of a medieval king such as Peter IV of Aragon; Vico's, Gibbon's and Adams' intellectual self-accounting in modernity; autobiographical revelations and social activism of twentieth century women historians such as Carolyn Steedman, Jill Conway and Gerda Lerner; classical Chinese and Islamic traditions through the autobiographies of Sima Quian and Ibn Khaldun; the perplexities inherent in the modernisation of Japan (Fukuzawa Yukichi), China (Gu Jiegang), India (Nirad Chaudhuri) and Egypt (Taha Hussein); postmodernists such as Rosenstone; and traumatic postcolonial experiences in Africa (Bethwell Ogot), Latin America (Carlos Eire) and Southeast Asia (Wang Gungwu). This Element proposes a literary and historical approach to these autobiographies, emphasising its historiographical dimension and value.
- Contents:
- Ancient Politics
- Medieval Narratives
- Western Rationalities
- Colonisation Perplexities
- Gender Perspectives
- Postcolonial and Postmodern Identities.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).
- ISBN:
- 9781009396936
- 1009396935
- 9781009396929
- 1009396927
- 9781009396912
- 1009396919
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