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What is History? with a new Introduction by Richard J Evans by: Edward Hallett Carr List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £7.59 You Save: £0.40 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 907 EAN: 9780333977019 ISBN: 0333977017 Label: Palgrave Macmillan Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: November 23, 2001 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Studio: Palgrave Macmillan Sales Rank: 14305 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........Overly complex, arrogant and long-winded - I had to read this book for my degree, and hated every second of it. Rating:  - E.H Carr, a great thinkerEH Carr was a great thinker, and in this series of lectures published in What Is History he tackles deep philosophical questions with a wit and intelligent investigation that is difficult to dislike. A bit wordy in places, and a bit mind boggling in others, What Is History is still thought provoking and interesting, just as it should be. Rating:  - A classic of HistoriographyI have always been interested in the theoretical side of history and this remains one of the best books to start with. It has been a few years since I was at University, but this used to be a set text for first year undergraduates, in order to give them some understanding of the 'history of history'. Carr's text is highly readable and his analogies very useful - ie. thinking of historians as merely individuals in a very long, winding procession of people through a mountainous valley - looking back at events going on further back in the queue, their views differing according to whereabouts in the procession he or she was at the time. Still a great starting point for an often complex subject. Rating: - What is History? Good questionThere are many definitions of what History is, and what it means for different sections of society at different times. E.H. Carr's primary argument is that the interpretation of history from certain historians is dependent upon their position in society, and indeed are formulated by society's view of the period. One historian writing in the 1950's may have a totally different interpretation of events that, say, a present day historical writer. This book is a fascinating account of historical arguments through time, and is really useful if, like me, you are studying for a History degree at University!!! Rating: - Compulsive reading but (unnecessarily?) complex in placesThis collection of essays by the late E. H. Carr is particularly interesting to any student of historiography, or indeed the general reader. It clearly outlines his thoughts on the subject of the theory and philosophy of history, and he illustrates his ideas well, bedding down abstract concepts with concrete examples. The only criticism, aside from objections to his theories, is that Carr occasionally leaves the more earth-bound reader behind. So gymnastic is his intellectual ability that he makes leaps from abstract trapeze to abstract trapeze, leaving the reader lost and blank, forcing them to read and re-read. Aside from that this is an excellent collection, complemented well by the discussion about Carr's notes towards a second edition. ... Read More: |
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