History: a Very Short Introduction

Name: History: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192853523

ISBN-10: 019285352X

ISBN-13: 9780192853523

Edition: 2000

Authors: John H. Arnold

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Series Copy Oxford's celebrated Very Short Introductions series offers concise, useful, and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction aims to provide a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed in its own right and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 7.18" wide x 4.44" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English




Questions about murder and history



The history of history



What really happened: truth, archives, and the love of old things



Escapes from the tower



Causation and interpretations



Telling stories, telling tales



Periodization and time



Objectivity, truth, and judgement



The role of the past in the present


Further Reading


Index