| Description |
xv, 336 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index. |
| Contents |
The traveler's tale -- "A possession for always" -- "From the foundation of the city" -- Barbarians (and believers) at the gate -- Clio nods -- The wall of faith -- History reborn -- Point, counterpoint -- New worlds -- The challenge of reason -- Reason and imagination pass each other in the night -- Making it (sort of) in the enlightenment -- History goes to school and gets a job -- The last amateur -- History discovers art and culture -- Deep time -- Vast impersonal forces -- The return of the storyteller -- History comes of age. |
| Summary |
In this biography of history as a living idea, Colin Wells links together lively, evocative sketches of the great historians and summarizing their most important works. Readers learn how their ideas changed the understanding of history, how history itself moved forward over time, and why "history" is a startlingly fluid concept. |
| Subject |
Historiography.
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Intellectual life -- History.
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781599211220 |
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159921122X |
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