Historical Theory

Name: Historical Theory
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ISBN: 9780415179867

ISBN-10: 0415179866

ISBN-13: 9780415179867

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mary Fulbrook

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Writing history involves selection, analysis, creativity and representation. Is history therefore nothing but fiction? With this book, Mary Fulbrook reviews recent major debates on the nature of history and develops her own highly original argument.

Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/2/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 9.02" wide x 5.98" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



Interpretations: Approaches to history



Introduction



The contested nature of historical knowledge



Historical paradigms and theoretical traditions



Investigations: Routes from the present to the past



Beyond metanarrative: plots, puzzles and plausibility



Labelling the parts: categories and concepts



Looking for clues: the question of evidence



Satisfying curiosity: structure, agency and underlying assumptions



Representations: The past in the present



Representing the past



History and partisanship



Conclusion: partial histories


Notes


Select bibliography


Index