LEADER 03272nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910822660403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-57131-5 010 $a9786613883766 010 $a0-300-18701-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300187014 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234172 035 $a(OCoLC)811400605 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10590960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711396 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411145 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711396 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10700109 035 $a(PQKB)10096772 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421041 035 $a(DE-B1597)485747 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300187014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421041 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10590960 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL388376 035 $a(OCoLC)923600781 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234172 100 $a20120518d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory in the making /$fJohn H. Elliott 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-18638-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgements --$t1. Why Spain? --$t2. National and transnational history --$t3. Political history and biography --$t4. Perceptions of decline --$t5. Art and cultural history --$t6. Comparative history --$t7. The wider picture --$tNotes --$tSelect bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFrom the vantage point of nearly sixty years devoted to research and the writing of history, J. H. Elliott steps back from his work to consider the progress of historical scholarship. From his own experiences as a historian of Spain, Europe, and the Americas, he provides a deft and sharp analysis of the work that historians do and how the field has changed since the 1950s.The author begins by explaining the roots of his interest in Spain and its past, then analyzes the challenges of writing the history of a country other than one's own. In succeeding chapters he offers acute observations on such topics as the history of national and imperial decline, political history, biography, and art and cultural history. Elliott concludes with an assessment of changes in the approach to history over the past half-century, including the impact of digital technology, and argues that a comprehensive vision of the past remains essential. Professional historians, students of history, and those who read history for pleasure will find in Elliott's delightful book a new appreciation of what goes into the shaping of historical works and how those works in turn can shape the world of thought and action. 606 $aHistoriography 607 $aSpain$xHistoriography 615 0$aHistoriography. 676 $a946.0072/02 700 $aElliott$b John Huxtable$0156581 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822660403321 996 $aHistory in the making$94013639 997 $aUNINA