Author: Donald A. Yerxa
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Keywords: historians, recent, themes, conversation, pas, public, understanding
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2009-04
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1570038341
ISBN-13: 9781570038341

This title presents original discussions on the public role of history and historians from a pantheon of notable experts. "Recent Themes on Historians and the Public" represents some of the best recent writing on the public role of historians. These articles and interviews from "Historically Speaking" examine the relationship between historians and their audiences. Award-winning ’popular historian’ Adam Hochschild begins by discussing the relationship between popular and academic history. An all-star cast of historians and editors offer their responses, forming a fascinating extend

Author: Donald A. Yerxa
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Keywords: historians, conversation, recent, history, themes, past, understanding, west, world
Number of Pages: 166
Published: 2009-03-15
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1570038317
ISBN-13: 9781570038310

This title offers new insights on global histories and Western civilization from leading scholars in the field. Described as ’the "New York Review of Books" for history’, "Historically Speaking" has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in World History and the History of the West represents some of the best writing on Western civilization and world history in the past five years. This collection

Author: Harvey Wish
Publisher: Hesperides Pre
Keywords: historians, american
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2006-05-08
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 1406703478
ISBN-13: 9781406703474

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: G.R. Hawke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: historians, economics
Number of Pages: 237
Published: 1980-05-30
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0521296277
ISBN-13: 9780521296274

Author: Denys Hay
Publisher: Methuen young books
Keywords: historians, annalists
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1977-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0416811809
ISBN-13: 9780416811803

Author: F. A. Hayek
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: historians, capitalism
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 1963-04-15
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0226320723
ISBN-13: 9780226320724

The views generally held about the rise of the factory system in Britain derive from highly distorted accounts of the social consequences of that system—so say the distinguished economic historians whose papers make up this book. The authors offer documentary evidence to support their conclusion that under capitalism the workers, despite long hours and other hardships of factory life, were better off financially, had more opportunities, and led a better life than had been the case before the Industrial Revolution.

Author: T. James Luce
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: historians, greek
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1997-02-25
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415105935
ISBN-13: 9780415105934

The Greeks invented history as a literary genre in the fifth century B.C. The first historians owed much to Homer and adopted his vivid and direct style in narrating historical events. Yet, despite the influence of Homer the birth of history was basically a reaction against mythical accounts of the past. Homer wrote about war and travel in foreign lands, in the distant and mythical past. In contrast, the Greek historians of the fifth century wrote about contemporary or very recent events, where eye witnesses could be interviewed and facts checked. The Greek Historians follows the development o