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What is History Today...?

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  • © 1988
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Editors:
  1. Juliet Gardiner
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Juliet Gardiner
    Pages 1-3

  3. What is Military History … ?

    • Michael Howard, Brian Bond, J. C. A. Stagg, David Chandler, Geoffrey Best, John Terrine
    Pages 4-17

  4. What is Political History … ?

    • T. P. Wiseman, G. R. Elton, Ronald Hutton, Roy Foster, John Turner, Kenneth O. Morgan
    Pages 18-30

  5. What is Economic History … ?

    • D. C. Coleman, Roderick Floud, T. C. Barker, M. J. Daunton, N. F. R. Crafts
    Pages 31-41

  6. What is Social History … ?

    • Raphael Samuel, John Breuilly, J. C. D. Clark, Keith Hopkins, David Cannadine
    Pages 42-57

  7. What is Religious History … ?

    • Patrick Collinson, Christopher Brooke, Edward Norman, Peter Lake, David Hempton
    Pages 58-68

  8. What is the History of Science … ?

    • Roy Porter, Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer, Robert M. Young, Roger Cooter, Maurice Crosland
    Pages 69-81

  9. What is Women’s History … ?

    • Olwen Hufton, Natalie Zemon Davis, Sally Humphreys, Angela V. John, Linda Gordon
    Pages 82-95

  10. What is the History of Art … ?

    • Alex Potts, John House, Charles Hope, Tom Gretton
    Pages 96-104

  11. What is Intellectual History … ?

    • Stefan Collini, Quentin Skinner, David A. Hollinger, J. G. A. Pocock, Michael Hunter
    Pages 105-119

  12. What is the History of Popular Culture?

    • Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, Dai Smith, Jeffrey Richards, Stephen Yeo
    Pages 120-130

  13. What is Diplomatic History … ?

    • D. C. Watt, Simon Adams, Roger Bullen, Kinley Brauer, Akira Iriye
    Pages 131-142

  14. What is European History … ?

    • A. J. P. Taylor, Paul Dukes, Immanuel Wallerstein, Douglas Johnson, Marc Raeff, Eva Haraszti
    Pages 143-154

  15. What is Third World History … ?

    • M. E. Yapp, C. A. Bayly, Gervase Clarence-Smith, Christopher Abel, Gordon Johnson, Christopher Fyfe
    Pages 155-167
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About this book

In 1985, the well-known monthly magazine, History Today, ran a series of articles by distinguished contributors on different branches of history and the problems involved for historians in studying, researching and writing in these areas of history. A selection of these essays now appears in book form, edited by Juliet Gardiner, the former editor of History Today.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: What is History Today...?

  • Editors: Juliet Gardiner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19161-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 173

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Historiography and Method

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