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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449986303321

Titolo

Historical controversies and historians / / edited by William Lamont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-135-36115-0

1-138-14491-6

1-280-14069-0

0-203-98079-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LamontWilliam M (William Montgomerie)

Disciplina

907/.2

Soggetti

Historiography

Historians

History - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Part One Historical Controversies; Part Two Historians; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For students new to the subject of history there are many books on the ""theory"" of writing history but fewer on how history is actually ""practised"". This work by a team of historians from the University of Sussex fills this gap. The first half of the book examines a number of notable controversies that have been, and still are, the subject of historical debate - for example, race in South Africa, the legacy of the French Resistance, the origins of the Welfare State. These illustrate the issues involved in ""doing"" history. The second half of the book focuses upon the historians themselves