New Perspectives on Historical Writing

by Peter Burke (Editor)

Overview

'Peter Burke has gathered together some of the most distinguished of the 'new'historians in a number of different fields-Scott, Darnton, Tuck, Levi and Porter-and asked them to reflect on their practice, and more widely of the practices of the particular historical guild to which they belong. The result is a book which is quite unlike anything else now available in English. It will surely become required reading for anyone interested in the development of historical writing the twentieth century.' --Anthony Pagden, 'Kings' College, Cambridge'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780271008271
Publisher:	Polity Press
Publication date:	01/28/1992
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Peter Burke is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Table of Contents

Preface.

List of Contributors.

Chapter 1: Overture: the New History, its Past and its Future: Peter Burke.

Chapter 2: History From Below: Jim Sharpe.

Chapter 3: Women's History: Joan Scott.

Chapter 4: Overseas History: Henk Wesseling.

Chapter 5: On Microhistory: Giovanni Levi.

Chapter 6: Oral History: Gywn Prins.

Chapter 7 History of Reading: Robert Darnton.

Chapter 8: Visual History: Ivan Gaskell.

Chapter 9: History of Political Thought: Richard Tuck.

Chapter 10: History of the Body Reconsidered: Roy Porter.

Chapter 11: Environmental History: Richard Grove.

Chapter 12: History of Events and the Revival of Narrative: Peter Burke.

Notes.

Index

What People are Saying About This

Oliver Zunz

An excellent overview of some of the more important recent developments in historical scholarship.
—Oliver Zunz, University of Virginia

Editorial Reviews

Peter Burke has assembled a collection of well-written, thoughtful, and highly informative historiographical essays. Historians interested in what their peers in other fields are doing and those who seek to find out ‘what’s doing in history’ will find New Perspectives on Historical Writing well worth reading. . . . Burke must be applauded for assembling such a variety of first-rate essays in so many fields.”

—Culturefront

“A must for all historians.”

—Carlo Ginzburg,University of California, Los Angeles

From the Publisher

Of his eleven essays, two are by the editor, Peter Burke, and both are superb...The contributions maintain an unusually high level throughout....Highly reccommended for graduate and undergraduate libraries.

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