Writing History

Berger, Passmore and Feldner have assembled a remarkable and essential book for our times. It is at once a tour of the discipline of history and its major currents as well as a series of meditations on its future pathways. Students and scholars alike will draw enlightenment and inspiration from it. * Jeremy Adelman, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Princeton University, USA * A valuable resource for students seeking a solid historical framework for their own historical inquiries, the updated edition features vital trends in historiography, from animal history and cultural history to the social biographies of material culture objects. Integrating the history of the discipline into assessments of its diverse practices, the authors succeed in making both methodology and theory accessible. * Susan A. Crane, Associate Professor of History, University of Arizona, USA * Writing History: Theory and Practice takes a broad view, attempting to say something about most areas of historiography. It shows the imaginative ways in which different historians use various theoretical tools. * John H. Arnold, Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge, UK * Writing History: Theory and Practice was already one of the best collections of essays on historical writing. Now the third edition expands its reach while incorporating the most recent developments. Authored by a seasoned team of experts, this volume leaves few stones unturned as it considers the intellectual roots of the discipline, the engagement of historians with other fields, and the state of contemporary practice. Each of the nineteen chapters is a brilliant standalone contribution reflecting on key aspects of historical scholarship, but they also fit together remarkably well to provide a comprehensive account of Western historiography and the major turns of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The result is an accessible, indispensable survey of historys complex and fascinating theoretical terrain. * J. Laurence Hare, Associate Professor of History, University of Arkansas, USA * An excellent book, now updated, which is essential for introducing advanced Masters students to the theory and history of historical research, in an accessible format. * Ian Miller, Ulster University, UK *

Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Heiko Feldner is Senior Lecturer in Modern German History at Cardiff University, UK. Kevin Passmore is Professor of History at Cardiff University, UK.

Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction - Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Germany), Heiko Feldner (Cardiff University, UK) and Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK) Part One 1 The New Scientificity in Historical Writing around 1800 - Heiko Feldner (Cardiff University, UK) 2 The Rankean Tradition in British Historiography, 1840-1950 - John Warren (Birmingham City University, UK) 3 The Professionalization and Institutionalization of History - Peter Lambert (Aberyswyth University, UK) Part Two 4 Marxist Historiography - Geoff Eley (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) 5 History and the Social Sciences - John Harvey (St Cloud State University, USA) 6 The Annales - Matthias Middell (University of Leipzig, Germany) 7 Cultural History - Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK) 8 Psychoanalysis and History - Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK) and Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) 9 Anthropological Approaches, Jakob Tanner (University of Zurich, Switzerland) 10 Transnational History - Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Germany) Part Three 11 Political History - Jon Lawrence (University of Cambridge, UK) 12 Social History - Thomas Welskopp (Bielefeld University, Germany) 13 Economic History - Pat Hudson (Cardiff University, UK) 14 Intellectual History/History of Ideas - Beverley Southgate (University of Hertfordshire, UK) 15 From Women's History to Gender History - Laura Lee Downs (cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales, France) 16 Race, Ethnicity and History - David Doddingon (Cardiff University, UK) 17 Postcolonial and Subaltern History - TBC 19 Literature and History - TBC 19 Environmental History - Lloyd Price (Cardiff University, UK) 20 Digital History - TBC 21. Material History, Giorgio Riello and Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick, UK) Conclusion - Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Germany), Heiko Feldner (Cardiff University, UK) and Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK) Glossary Index