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On ’What Is History?’

On ’What Is History?’

Keith Jenkins

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1995
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780415097253
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Jenkins provides a student introduction to contemporary historiographical debates. Through its radical critique of Carr and Elton, he embraces the postmodern-type approaches of thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Hayden White.

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