Historiography category: 1227 books
Gegen den Strom
Ein Gespräch über Geschichte und Politik
Language: German
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Zwei außergewöhnliche Freunde im Gespräch – Joschka Fischer, Außenminister außer Dienst und langjähriger Spitzenpolitiker der Grünen, hat sich im vergangenen Sommer mit Fritz Stern, dem amerikanischen Historiker deutscher Herkunft und Friedenspreisträger, im Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin...
Police control systems in Britain, 1775–1975
From parish constable to national computer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This book analyses several revolutionary changes in the way that Britain has been policed in the last two hundred years. It shows how management techniques and information systems have been developed to form modern police institutions.
The Connected Lives of Dutch Punks
Contesting Subcultural Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book is the first in-depth, ethnographic study of the Dutch punk scene. It questions the artificial boundaries of subcultural research, calling for a critical analysis of the distinctions drawn between subcultural and everyday lives, and between localised and globalised subcultures. The everyday...
by Pandit Sunderlal
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
A freedom fighter’s telling account of the exploitation of India by the East India Company.
In 1929, Pandit Sunderlal’s original work in four volumes,Bharat Mein Angrezi Raj, was banned by the British because of its fearless criticism of their rule in India. In sharp contrast to narratives...
Historia y tropología
Ascenso y caída de la metáfora
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 25, 2014
La filosofía del lenguaje y el análisis historiográfico tienen un vínculo muy estrecho y juntos han desarrollado significativos horizontes de reflexión. El autor revisa esta relación y examina problemas tales como la diferencia entre representación histórica y expresión artística, la posición...
by Giorgio Ravegnani
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 18, 2018
La storia spesso trascura la vita di uomini illustri, che restano sullo sfondo degli avvenimenti, e questo è il caso di Ezio, l’ultimo grande generale di Roma, la cui biografia presenta forti lacune. Ezio fu il generale più eminente della sua epoca travagliata e può sicuramente essere definito...
by Susanne Rau
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Spaces, too, have a history. And history always takes place in spaces. But what do historians mean when they use the word "spaces"? And how can spaces be historically investigated?
Susanne Rau provides a survey of the history of Western concepts of space, opens up interdisciplinary...
Oral Tradition
A Study in Historical Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature. Their special nature derives from the fact that they are ""unwritten"" sources couched in a form suitable for oral transmission, and that their preservation depends on the powers of memory of successive generations of...
European Regions and Boundaries
A Conceptual History
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
It is difficult to speak about Europe today without reference to its constitutive regions—supra-national geographical designations such as “Scandinavia,” “Eastern Europe,” and “the Balkans.” Such formulations are so ubiquitous that they are frequently treated as empirical realities rather...
by Serge Gruzinski
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 15, 2018
El mundo de comienzos del siglo XXI, la composición de las sociedades que lo integran, no es el mismo que los que justificaron la forma de "hacer" Historia hasta hace bien poco, marcada por la reducción a un relato único y a menudo con una clara perspectiva eurocéntrica. En una línea...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This volume explores the different mechanisms and forms of expressionused by women to come to terms with the past, focusing on the variety and complexity of women’s narratives of displacement within the context of Central and Eastern Europe. The first part addresses the quest for personal (post)memory...
The Ethos of History
Time and Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is the proper role for historians and their work? By way of an answer, the contributors to this volume offer up an illuminating...
History by Numbers
An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition ofHistory by Numbers still stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration.
Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical...
Children’s Voices from the Past
New Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
This book explores a central methodological issue at the heart of studies of the histories of children and childhood. It questions how we understand the perspectives of children in the past, and not just those of the adults who often defined and constrained the parameters of youthful lives. Drawing...