02623nam 2200685Ia 450 991082167970332120200520144314.00-19-771419-61-280-75975-50-19-536205-51-4294-3109-110.1093/oso/9780195066524.001.0001(CKB)1000000000413844(EBL)273008(OCoLC)466428868(SSID)ssj0000188741(PQKBManifestationID)11182834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188741(PQKBWorkID)10173753(PQKB)11560757(Au-PeEL)EBL273008(CaPaEBR)ebr10269186(CaONFJC)MIL75975(MiAaPQ)EBC273008(OCoLC)1406788461(StDuBDS)9780197714195(EXLCZ)99100000000041384420020701d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe landscape of history how historians map the past /John Lewis GaddisOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20021 online resource (207 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2002.0-19-517157-8 0-19-506652-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; ONE: The Landscape of History; TWO: Time and Space; THREE: Structure and Process; FOUR: The Interdependency of Variables; FIVE: Chaos and Complexity; SIX: Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals; SEVEN: Molecules with Minds of Their Own; EIGHT: Seeing Like a Historian; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZWhat is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. It provides a searching look at the historian's craft.Oxford scholarship online.HistoryPhilosophyHistoryMethodologyAestheticsHistoryHistoryPhilosophy.HistoryMethodology.AestheticsHistory.901907Gaddis John Lewis191880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821679703321The landscape of history4096485UNINA