HISTORIOGRAPHY/ AN INTRODUCTION

What is historiography? asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938 and professional historians continue to argue over the mean ing of the term. This book challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an accessible and concise over view of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present, focusing primarily on the US and Europe. Historiograp hy plays an integral role in aiding undergraduate students to better understand the nature and purpose of historical analysis more g enerally...[Llegir més]