A Companion to the Study of History - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0631181598 ISBN 13: 9780631181590

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 1994

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This book guides students through all the central historical concepts, theories, methods and problems confronting those engaged in the serious study of history.

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Michael Stanford was until 1983 Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England and holds degrees in philosophy and history. He now co-edits the philosophy journal Cogito, and writes articles and reviews on both history and philosophy.

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A Companion to the Study of History guides students through all the historical concepts, theories, methods and problems confronting those engaged in the serious study of history. It distinguishes between history as action and history as narrative and illuminates the vital interplay between understanding and doing in a lively and accessible manner.

The author covers the nature of history, questions about action and meaning, views of the past, history as discourse, narrative and knowledge, the use of evidence, causation and event, theories of history and also a wide variety of recent theoretical perspectives and schools of thought.

The author covers the nature of history, questions about action and meaning, views of the past, history as discourse, narrative and knowledge, the use of evidence, causation and event, theories of history and also a wide variety of recent theoretical perspectives and schools of thought.

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0631181598
• ISBN 13: 9780631181590
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 319
• Herausgeber: Stanford Michael
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