Peter Burke

Gebundenes Buch

What Is History Really About?

Reflections on Theory and Practicereflections on Theory and Practice

Beschreibung

This volume gathers Professor Burke's most important essays on the theory and the practice of history. In the first part, the main theme is the way in which concepts borrowed from social and cultural theory may encourage historians to ask new questions about the past or help them to answer old ones.

Autor

Peter Burke was, from 1962-79, one of the leading educational innovators in developing the inter-disciplinary School of European Studies at University of Sussex. He then moved to the University of Cambridge, where he now holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College. He is celebrated world-wide as a historian both of the early modern era and as a writer and teacher who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married o Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edward Everett Root
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781912224111
• ISBN-10: 1912224119
• Artikelnr.: 49462916