History (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for History An essay about how we study and understand history, this book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history. It explores the ways these questions have been answered in the past. It also introduces the concepts of causation, interpretation, and periodization, through examples of how historians work.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
- Published: 15 June 2000
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Historiography
- ISBN 13: 9780192853523 ISBN 10: 019285352X
- Sales rank: 36,194
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Full description for History
There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John 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 questions have been answered in the past. Concepts such as causation, interpretation, and periodization, are introduced by means of concrete examples of how historians work, giving the reader a sense of the excitement of discovering not only the past, but also ourselves.
