SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN
Author: Jeff Kurtti
Publisher: Disney Editions
Published: 1996-10-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786862481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era. In a unique overview of modern historiography, the book includes surveys on the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment; Romanticism; the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought; the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World; theAnnalesschool in France; and the effects of the repression and exile of the inter-war years and the Post-War 'moods.'Modern Historiographyprovides a clear and concise account of this modern period of historical writing.