Landscape of History : How Historians Map the Past.
Title:
Landscape of History : How Historians Map the Past.
Author:
Gaddis, John Lewis.
ISBN:
9780195362053
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (152 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- 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.
Abstract:
What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? John Lewis Gaddis answers these and other questions in this short text, providing a searching look at the historian's craft.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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