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  • History Meets Fiction
    Beverley C. Southgate
    The relationship between history and fiction has always been contentious and sometimes turbulent, not least because the two have been seen as mutually exclusive opposites. In this thought-provoking and original study, Beverly Southgate investigates the truth behind fiction and the fact behind history and shows that the culmination of 20 years of historical theorising may well b...
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    75,23 €

  • What is History For?
    Beverley Southgate
    An experienced author of history and theory presents this examination of the purpose of history at a time when recent debates have rendered the question ’what is history for?’ of utmost importance.Charting the development of historical studies and examining how history has been used, this study is exceptional in its focus on the future of the subject as well as its past. It is ...
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    74,67 €

  • Postmodernism in History
    Beverley Southgate
    This book traces the philosophical precursors of postmodernism and identifies the roots of current concerns. Beverley Southgate describes the core constituents of postmodernism and provides a lucid and profound analysis of the current concerns. ...
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    77,43 €

  • History
    Beverley Southgate
    This is a highly accessible introductory survey of historians’ views about the nature and purpose of their subject and discusses the traditional model of history as an account of the past ’as it was’. ...
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    77,46 €

  • Why Bother with History?
    Beverley C. Southgate
    Using examples from antiquity to the present, this timely and relevant volume argues for an increasingly important role for a revitalised historical study. Examining the motivations of past historians, the author rejects the ancient aspiration to a ’history for its own sake’ and argues that historians’ importance lies in their own adoption of a moral standpoint. Inevitably cont...
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    127,59 €