Historiografi

John H. Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and explores the ways these questi...

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Historieskrivningen om Sveriges agerande under andra världskriget har gått från att vara ett spörsmål för några få historieintresserade till att bli ett slagträ i den svenska inrikespolitiska debatten. Riksdagspartier och profilerade debattörer ha...

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På några få minuter var det över. Fem människor låg ihjälskjutna och lika många låg sårade, på grusvägen ner till hamnen, där i Lunde. En ung kvinna, Eira Söderberg, hade träffats av kulspruteeld. Den militära truppens beskjutning av ett obeväpnat...

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  -- Explore the possibilities remaining for historical study.   This book explores the possibilities remaining for historical study in the face of the current trends, including postcolonialism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, among o...

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The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present need...

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Drawing examples from some of the classic works in the discipline, Miles Fairburn examines the nature, varieties, schools and evolution of social history. Intended for advanced students and practising social historians who see social history as a ...

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A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter New York Times An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightlySunday Times From the creation of the first encycl...

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The first book on historiography to adopt a global and comparative perspective on the topic, A Global History of Modern Historiography looks not just at developments in the West but also at the other great historiographical traditions in Asia, the...

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Since ancient times, the pundits have lamented young people's lack of historical knowledge and warned that ignorance of the past surely condemns humanity to repeating its mistakes. In the contemporary United States, this dire outlook drives a...

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Why arent ordinary Russians more outraged by Putins invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlins own historical propaganda narratives, Russias invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, th...

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Philosophy, Socrates declared, is the art of dying. This book underscores that it is also the art of learning to live and share the earth with those who have come before us. Burial, with its surrounding rituals, is the most ancient documented cult...

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With its innovative format, Debating New Approaches to History addresses issues currently at the top of the disciplines theoretical and methodological agenda. In its chapters, leading historians of both older and younger generations from across th...

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'History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon', said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especially ancient history, is a practice that often prompts more discord than assent. In his new textbook, Luke Pitc...

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In this book, now published in 10 languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers traces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and...

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In "The Killing of History", Windschuttle offers a devastating expose of attempts to substitute radically chic theorizing for real knowledge about the past. The result is revolutionary and unprecedented: contemporary historians are incre...

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A thrillingly provocative investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemyand who the Bard might really be. The theory that Shakespeare may not have ...

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"Pappa, vad är egentligen historia bra för." Med denna fråga från sin son inleder Marc Bloch sina reflektioner över historikerns verksamhet, vad den syftar till, hur den förhåller sig till andra vetenskaper och vilka som är dess grundläg...

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What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and huma...

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A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together di...

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Historiemedvetandet har skiftat mellan olika tider beroende på sociala, ekonomiska, politiska och teknologiska villkor. Dessa skiften har sin grund i olika historiografiska praktiker, minnestekniker och minnesfunktioner, och historiografin och min...

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From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or ...

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What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural) and how it differs from the history of sc...

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In this essay, the philosopher presents a complex, many-faceted argument that cautions against an uncritical devotion to the study of history and excessive devotion to any country's past greatness.

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Eyewitnessing evaluates the place and potency of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of images across region, period, and medium, and by looking at the pragmatic uses of images (from the Bayeux Tapestry...

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This volume is designed to assist university faculty and students studying and teaching about antisemitism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. In contrast with similar volumes, it is organized around specific concepts instead of chronology or g...

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From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Br...

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At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the i...

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Hur används historia och vad är det som avgör att vissa delar av historien lyfts fram medan andra faller i glömska? På Gotland iscensätts varje sommar en medeltidsvecka, pilgrimsklädda vandrare styr årligen sina steg mot Trondheim och i Liverpool ...

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How should historians speak truth to power - and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history - especially long-term history - so essential to understanding the multi...

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The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the pos...

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