The New History and the Old Critical Essays and Reappraisals, Revised Edition |
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| Author:
| Himmelfarb, Gertrude |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01384-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and historiography, Himmelfarb adds four new essays. In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Fukuyama's "end of history," Himmelfarb enriches her exploration of the ways historians make sense of the past.
For this updated edition of her acclaimed work on historians and historiography, Himmelfarb adds four new essays. In examining the effects of postmodernism, the illusions of cosmopolitanism, A. J. P. Taylor and revisionism, and Fukuyama's "end of history," Himmelfarb enriches her exploration of the ways historians make sense of the past.