Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
History As A Science
1st Edition
By Hugh Taylor
April 05, 2018
Examining why the study of history as a science was not as advanced as other disciplines, the author of this book, originally published in 1933, examines the arguments in the controversy of what the object of history should be. He then discusses the impact of the study of history on government, war...
History and Community: Essays in Victorian Medievalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Florence S. Boos
April 05, 2018
The essays in this volume, originally published in 1992, examine some of the pervasive implications of Victorian medievalism, and assess its creative manifestations and dual capacities for expression of reformist anger and escapist retreat. Some of the emotional and intllectual reasons for the ...
History and Ethnicity
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Tonkin, Maryon McDonald, Malcolm Chapman
April 05, 2018
These essays examine the importance of historical consicousness and the role of historiography in ‘ethnic’ situations, exploring the many ways in which ethnic groups select history, write or rewrite it, rescue appropriate or ignore it, forget or traduce it. Drawing on expert knowledge of regions ...
History and Historical Research
1st Edition
By C. G. Crump
April 05, 2018
Aimed at students of history, this volume, originally published in 1928, examines the issues of impartiality and objectivity in the study of history. It also discusses the skills necessary for any would-be historian including the knowledge of foreign languages, the use of sources and note-taking....
History and Liberty: The Historical Writings of Benedetto Croce
1st Edition
By A R Caponigri
April 05, 2018
A re-newed interest in, and appreciation of, the problems of history, both as the theory of historical process and as historiography became one of the marked characteristics of twentieth century thought and this book discusses Benedetto Croce’s historical writings in that context....
History and Totality: Radical Historicism From Hegel to Foucault
1st Edition
By John Grumley
April 05, 2018
In this work, originally published in 1989, the author establishes a tradition of radical historicism from Hegel to the Budapenst School. He charts both its continuous evolution from the early 19th century to the late 20thh, and its transformation in the context of European social, economic and ...
History on the Ground
1st Edition
By Maurice Beresford
April 05, 2018
Taking the evidence of maps and documents, this book, originally published in 1957, describes 6 journeys inthe field: to parish boundaries, Elizabethan villages, the planted medieval towns and to parks of all periods....
Interpretations of History: From Confucius to Toynbee
1st Edition
By Alban G. Widgery
April 05, 2018
In this volume, originally published in 1961, the author presents an exposition of the meanings given to history. Part 1 describes the conceptions of history impied in wide-spread religions and cultures, Confucian and Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist, Zoroastrian and Muslim, Greek and Roman, Jewish and ...
On the Writing of History
1st Edition
By Charles Oman
April 05, 2018
Written by one of the most eminent, (if sometimes disputed) historians of the 20th century, this book, originally published in 1939, gives guidance to the would-be historian on historical sources, research and evidence. Although inevitably a product of its time, this volume nonetheless remains one ...
Perspectives on History
1st Edition
By William Dray
April 05, 2018
In Part 1 of this book, originally published in 1980, the focus is on certain claims of R. G. Collingwood regarding the nature of historical understanding, of Charles Beard about the possibility of an objective reconstruction of the past, and of J. W. N. Watkins concerning the reducibility of what ...
Studies in the Nature and Teaching of History
1st Edition
Edited
By W H Burston, D Thompson
April 05, 2018
Originally published in 1967, this book is aimed at the student teacher and discusses the philosophy of history and the effective learning of it. It discusses the UK secondary school history syllabus, with a particular emphasis on whether contemporary history is of more relevance to pupils than ...
The Art of History: A Study of Four Great Historians of the Eighteenth Century
1st Edition
By J. B. Black
April 05, 2018
The first important scholarly consideration of Enlightenment historiography of the twentieth century, this book, originally published in 1926, critically examines the ideas of Voltaire, Hume, Robertston and Gibbon with respect to the theory and practice of historiography. The substantial ...