Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge

"No one looking for a well-informed introduction to . . the key views of history adopted by professional historians . . could find a better one than this." ―Richard J. Evans, author of In Defence of History

A broad perspective on historical thought and writing, with a new epilogue.

In this book, now published in ten languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers traces the basic assumption...