The Practice of History
2. Auflage Dezember 2001
236 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22979-7
John Wiley & Sons
The new edition of G. R. Elton's classic work is a wide-ranging, succinct and practical introduction for all students and general readers of history. It makes a major contribution to the question "what is history?".
Preface.
1. Purpose.
The Present Debate.
Autonomy.
Kinds.
Rivals.
Purpose.
2. Research.
The Possibility of Historical Truth.
Facts and Methods.
The Sources.
Evidence and Criticism.
Imagination.
3. Writing.
Controls.
Patterns and Bias.
Style.
Audience.
Categories.
Length.
Analysis and Narrative.
4. Teaching.
Undergraduate Teaching: What?.
Undergraduate Teaching: How?.
The Graduate Student.
Afterword. (Richard J. Evans).
Notes.
Index.
1. Purpose.
The Present Debate.
Autonomy.
Kinds.
Rivals.
Purpose.
2. Research.
The Possibility of Historical Truth.
Facts and Methods.
The Sources.
Evidence and Criticism.
Imagination.
3. Writing.
Controls.
Patterns and Bias.
Style.
Audience.
Categories.
Length.
Analysis and Narrative.
4. Teaching.
Undergraduate Teaching: What?.
Undergraduate Teaching: How?.
The Graduate Student.
Afterword. (Richard J. Evans).
Notes.
Index.
G. R. Elton was Regius Professor of Modern History at
Cambridge University from 1983 to 1988. Among his numerous works
are The Tudor Revolution in Government (1953), England
under the Tudors (1955), Reform and Renewal (1973),
The Parliament of England 1559-1581 and The
English (Blackwell, 1992), and he was founding editor of the
Blackwell History of the Modern British Isles. Professor Elton was
President of the Royal Historical Society from 1972 until 1976 and
honorary Vice-President from 1976 until his death in
1994.
Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at the
University of Cambridge. His many publications include Death in
Hamburg (1987), Rituals ofRetribution (1996),
In Defence of History (1997, reissued with a new Afterword
2001), and Tales from the GermanUnderworld (1998).
Cambridge University from 1983 to 1988. Among his numerous works
are The Tudor Revolution in Government (1953), England
under the Tudors (1955), Reform and Renewal (1973),
The Parliament of England 1559-1581 and The
English (Blackwell, 1992), and he was founding editor of the
Blackwell History of the Modern British Isles. Professor Elton was
President of the Royal Historical Society from 1972 until 1976 and
honorary Vice-President from 1976 until his death in
1994.
Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at the
University of Cambridge. His many publications include Death in
Hamburg (1987), Rituals ofRetribution (1996),
In Defence of History (1997, reissued with a new Afterword
2001), and Tales from the GermanUnderworld (1998).