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Europeanization in the Twentieth Century - Historical Approaches (Hardcover): M. Conway, K Patel Europeanization in the Twentieth Century - Historical Approaches (Hardcover)
M. Conway, K Patel
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Europeanization is a term at the centre of contemporary political debate. In this innovative study, a team of British and German historians present the findings of their research project into how the concept and content of Europeanization needs to be understood as a historical phenomenon, which has changed its meaning during the twentieth century.

Memory Unbound - Tracing the Dynamics of Memory Studies (Hardcover): Lucy Bond, Stef Craps, Pieter Vermeulen Memory Unbound - Tracing the Dynamics of Memory Studies (Hardcover)
Lucy Bond, Stef Craps, Pieter Vermeulen
R2,850 Discovery Miles 28 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Though still a relatively young field, memory studies has undergone significant transformations since it first coalesced as an area of inquiry. Increasingly, scholars understand memory to be a fluid, dynamic, unbound phenomenon-a process rather than a reified object. Embodying just such an elastic approach, this state-of-the-field collection systematically explores the transcultural, transgenerational, transmedial, and transdisciplinary dimensions of memory-four key dynamics that have sometimes been studied in isolation but never in such an integrated manner. Memory Unbound places leading researchers in conversation with emerging voices in the field to recast our understanding of memory's distinctive variability.

The New Nature of History - Knowledge, Evidence, Language (Hardcover): Arthur Marwick The New Nature of History - Knowledge, Evidence, Language (Hardcover)
Arthur Marwick
R3,993 Discovery Miles 39 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new title is a totally rewritten version of The Nature of History, first published in 1970, with revised editions in 1981, and again in 1989. Addressing the key questions of what history is, and why and how one studies it, this is a positive affirmation of the vital importance to society of the study of the past, and of the many crucial learning outcomes which accrue from historical study. There is a great deal of new material, engaging with and rebutting postmodernist criticisms of the history of the historians, and explicating more fully the author's pioneering work on how exactly historians analyze and interpret primary sources, and how they write their articles and books. This is a book for all readers interested in history, and for students and writers of history at all levels.

The People's Historian - John Richard Green and the Writing of History in Victorian England (Hardcover, New): Anthony... The People's Historian - John Richard Green and the Writing of History in Victorian England (Hardcover, New)
Anthony Brundage
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1874, John Richard Green, a virtually unknown former clergyman, sold the rights for his school textbook, A Short History of the English People, to Macmillan for 350 pounds sterling, a generous sum for a work expected to sell a few thousand copies. To everyone's astonishment, the work sold 32,000 copies in its first year, and a half million copies thereafter. This publishing phenomenon was also a breakthrough in historiography, for unlike earlier histories, which focused on kings and statesmen, Green's work revolved around the common people, their creative energy, and their devotion to self-government. Thus, Green was a critical figure in the transition from the writing of history of elites to a broader history of social and cultural change. He was also one of the last great amateurs at a time when the field was coming to be dominated by academic specialists. By providing an examination of Green's career, this book illuminates a critical juncture in the history of the discipline.

European Union History - Themes and Debates (Hardcover): W. Kaiser, A. Varsori European Union History - Themes and Debates (Hardcover)
W. Kaiser, A. Varsori
R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

European integration has had, and is continuing to have, an enormous impact on the state of Europe: through transforming the nation-state; creating new supranational institutions and joint policy-making; integrating markets and liberalizing trade; fiscal redistribution; and through fostering the formation of transnational elite networks and growing identification with Europe; but also through accentuating social friction; raising concerns about the remoteness of supranational policy-making and serving as a focal point for 'Eurosceptic' political mobilization. Thus, it is increasingly crucial for researchers, students and citizens to understand the complex history of the present-day European Union. This book provides them with a highly accessible state of the art introduction to how historians and social scientists have conceptualized, written about, and debated this increasingly shared contemporary history of Europe since World War II.

A Practical Guide to Studying History - Skills and Approaches (Hardcover): Tracey Loughran A Practical Guide to Studying History - Skills and Approaches (Hardcover)
Tracey Loughran
R4,000 Discovery Miles 40 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

*** PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category *** A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for students embarking on degree-level study. The book: - introduces students to the concepts of historical objectivity, frameworks and debate - explains the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history - explores the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history - helps students develop the practical skills required to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates - includes study questions, further reading lists, text boxes, maps and illustrations The book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study at university, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.

Juvenile Delinquency and the Limits of Western Influence, 1850-2000 (Hardcover): H. Ellis Juvenile Delinquency and the Limits of Western Influence, 1850-2000 (Hardcover)
H. Ellis
R3,324 Discovery Miles 33 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume brings together a wide range of case studies from across the globe, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, to explore the complex ways in which historical understandings of childhood and juvenile delinquency have been constructed in a global context.

Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965 - A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Eugene... Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965 - A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Eugene L. Rasor
R2,262 Discovery Miles 22 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Perhaps the most influential figure in 20th century British, imperial, and world history, Winston S. Churchill has been the subject of numerous studies, biographies, and controversies, but not of a recent comprehensive bibliography. The most extensive and up-to-date bibliographic work on Churchill, this book provides a full historiographical survey and over 3,000 annotated entries on all of the important writings by and about Churchill. Reflecting Churchill's versatility, dynamism, and influence, the book emphasizes his background and context, covering, for instance, works on fifteen major controversies associated with Churchill, some thirty biographies ranging from those that glorify to solid, scholarly studies, to extreme revisionist attacks. The final historiographical chapter points to subjects that would benefit from further research.

Divided into two parts, the book opens with a historiographical narrative, covering historical and biographical events associated with the life and times of Winston Churchill. In addition to chapters on archival material, reference works, and studies on a wide range of topics pertaining to Churchill's life and multi-faceted career, part I includes a section on Churchill and the Internet. The second half of the book includes 3099 annotated entries on all works cited in part I. The two parts are fully cross-referenced, and the book also includes a short chronology and full indexes. The book will provide a valuable resource for students, scholars, and other researchers interested in Churchill and his era.

What Is History For? - Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography (Paperback): Arthur Alfaix Assis What Is History For? - Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography (Paperback)
Arthur Alfaix Assis
R838 Discovery Miles 8 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen's theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen's claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity to think historically. In addition, Assis examines the connections and disconnections between Droysen's theory of historical thinking, his practice of historical thought, and his political activism. Ultimately, Assis not only shows how Droysen helped reinvent the relationship between historical knowledge and human agency, but also traces some of the contradictions and limitations inherent to that project.

Anachronism and Antiquity (Hardcover): Tim Rood, Carol Atack, Tom Phillips Anachronism and Antiquity (Hardcover)
Tim Rood, Carol Atack, Tom Phillips
R3,188 Discovery Miles 31 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term 'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects. Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of history, this book argues that classical antiquity had a rich and varied understanding of historical difference, which is reflected in sophisticated notions of anachronism. This central hypothesis is tested by an examination of attitudes to temporal errors in ancient literary texts and chronological writings and by analysing notions of anachronistic survival and multitemporality. Rather than seeing a sense of anachronism as something that separates modernity from antiquity, the book suggests that in both ancient writings and their modern receptions chronological rupture can be used as a way of creating a dialogue between past and present. With a selection of case-studies and theoretical discussions presented in a manner suitable for scholars and students both of classical antiquity and of modern history, anthropology, and visual culture, the book's ambition is to offer a new conceptual map of antiquity through the notion of anachronism.

A Companion to Tacitus (Hardcover, New): Ve Pagan A Companion to Tacitus (Hardcover, New)
Ve Pagan
R4,653 Discovery Miles 46 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Companion to Tacitus brings much needed clarity and accessibility to the notoriously difficult language and yet indispensable historical accounts of Tacitus. The companion provides both a broad introduction and showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author. * Tacitus is one of the most important Roman historians of his time, as well as a great literary stylist, whose work is characterized by his philosophy of human nature * Encourages interdisciplinary discussion intended to engage scholars beyond Classics including philosophy, cultural studies, political science, and literature * Showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author * Clarifies and explains the notoriously difficult language of Tacitus * Written and designed to prepare a new generation of scholars to examine for themselves the richness of Tacitean thought * Includes contributions from a broad range of established international scholars and rising stars in the field

Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography (Hardcover, New): J. Barry, O. Davies Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography (Hardcover, New)
J. Barry, O. Davies
R3,536 Discovery Miles 35 360 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the first book to offer a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day developments in historical theory in relation to the study of the history of Witchcraft, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.

Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945-2020 - Irreverent Remembrance (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945-2020 - Irreverent Remembrance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Jeffrey Demsky
R1,727 Discovery Miles 17 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book analyzes sensationalized Nazi and Holocaust representations in Anglo-American cultural and political discourses. Recognizing that this history is increasingly removed from contemporary life, it explains how irreverent representations can help rejuvenate the story for successive generations of new learners. Surveying seventy-five-years of transatlantic activities, the work erects counterposing categorizes of "constructive and destructive memorializing," providing scholars with a new framework for elucidating both this history and its historicization.

Perspectives on the History of Global Development (Hardcover): Corinna R Unger, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge, Iris Borowy Perspectives on the History of Global Development (Hardcover)
Corinna R Unger, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge, Iris Borowy
R1,941 Discovery Miles 19 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is development, what has it been in the past, and what can historians learn from studying the history of development? How has the field of the history of development evolved over time, and where should it be going in the future?

The Second Generation - Emigres from Nazi Germany as HistoriansWith a Biobibliographic Guide (Hardcover): Andreas W. Daum,... The Second Generation - Emigres from Nazi Germany as HistoriansWith a Biobibliographic Guide (Hardcover)
Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan
R3,757 Discovery Miles 37 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Of the thousands of children and young adults who fled Nazi Germany in the years before the Second World War, a remarkable number went on to become trained historians in their adopted homelands. By placing autobiographical testimonies alongside historical analysis and professional reflections, this richly varied collection comprises the first sustained effort to illuminate the role these men and women played in modern historiography. Focusing particularly on those who settled in North America, Great Britain, and Israel, it culminates in a comprehensive, meticulously researched biobibliographic guide that provides a systematic overview of the lives and works of this "second generation."

The Essential E. P. Thompson (Paperback): E. P Thompson The Essential E. P. Thompson (Paperback)
E. P Thompson; Edited by Dorothy Thompson
R581 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R86 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the largest collection of Thompson's historical work, with the full range of his scholarly output. A superb introduction for those new to his work and a valuable addition to existing fans.

Zhipan's Account of the History of Buddhism in China - Volume 1: Fozu tongji, juan 34-38: From the Times of the Buddha to... Zhipan's Account of the History of Buddhism in China - Volume 1: Fozu tongji, juan 34-38: From the Times of the Buddha to the Nanbeichao Era (Hardcover)
Thomas Julch
R4,237 Discovery Miles 42 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Fozu tongji by Zhipan (ca. 1220-1275) is a key text of Chinese Buddhist historiography. In the present volume Thomas Julch presents his translation of the first five juan of the massive annalistic part. Rich annotations clarify the backgrounds to the historiographic contents, presented by Zhipan in a highly essentialized style. For the historical traditions the sources Zhipan refers to are meticulously identified. In those cases where the accounts presented are inaccurate or imprecise, Julch points out how the relevant matter is depicted in the sources Zhipan relies on. With this carefully annotated translation of Fozu tongji, juan 34-38, Thomas Julch enables an indepth understanding of a key text of Chinese Buddhist historiography.

American Frontier and Western Issues - An Historiographical Review (Hardcover): Roger L. Nichols American Frontier and Western Issues - An Historiographical Review (Hardcover)
Roger L. Nichols
R2,545 Discovery Miles 25 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ethics and the History of Philosophy - Selected Essays (Hardcover): C.D. Broad Ethics and the History of Philosophy - Selected Essays (Hardcover)
C.D. Broad
R6,763 Discovery Miles 67 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 2000. This is Volume I of six in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Written in 1952, this is a selection of essays from public lectures and articles on the biographies on Sir Issac Newton and John Locke, sections on the philosophy of science, and ethics.

Fashioning History - Current Practices and Principles (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): R. Berkhofer Fashioning History - Current Practices and Principles (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
R. Berkhofer
R2,890 Discovery Miles 28 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book offers historians and aspiring historians a learned, absorbing, and comprehensive overview of current fashions of method, interpretation, and meaning in the context of postmodernism that has washed over the historical profession in the last two decades.

Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover): Robert E. Luckett Jr. Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Robert E. Luckett Jr.; Foreword by William D. Adams
R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Contributions by Sarah Archino, Mario J. Azevedo, Katrina Byrd, Rico D. Chapman, Helen O. Chukwuma, Tatiana Glushko, Eric J. Griffin, Kathi R. Griffin, Yumi Park Huntington, Thomas M. Kersen, Robert E. Luckett Jr., Floyd W. Martin, Preselfannie W. McDaniels, Dawn McLin, Laura Ashlee Messina, Byron D'Andra Orey, Kathy Root Pitts, Candis Pizzetta, Lawrence Sledge, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Joseph Martin Stevenson, Seretha D. Williams, and Karen C. Wilson-Stevenson, and Monica Flippin Wynn Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century delves into the essential nature of the liberal arts in America today. During a time when the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math dominate the narrative around the future of higher education, the liberal arts remain vital but frequently dismissed academic pursuits. While STEAM has emerged as a popular acronym, the arts get added to the discussion in a way that is often rhetorical at best. Written by scholars from a diversity of fields and institutions, the essays in this collection legitimize the liberal arts and offer visions for the role of these disciplines in the modern world. From the arts, pedagogy, and writing to social justice, the digital humanities, and the African American experience, the essays that comprise Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century bring attention to the vast array of ways in which the liberal arts continue to be fundamental parts of any education. In an increasingly transactional environment, in which students believe a degree must lead to a specific job and set income, colleges and universities should take heed of the advice from these scholars. The liberal arts do not lend themselves to the capacity to do a single job, but to do any job. The effective teaching of critical and analytical thinking, writing, and speaking creates educated citizens. In a divisive twenty-first-century world, such a citizenry holds the tools to maintain a free society, redefining the liberal arts in a manner that may be key to the American republic.

Law and History - The Evolution of the American Legal System (Paperback): Anthony Chase Law and History - The Evolution of the American Legal System (Paperback)
Anthony Chase
R409 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R77 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering an interpretation of the evolution of the law, the author draws upon a range of sources - including texts by Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, lectures by Norman Mailer, and the critical legal studies theory of Morton Horwitz.

The Rhythm of Eternity - The German Youth Movement and the Experience of the Past, 1900-1933 (Hardcover): Robbert-Jan Adriaansen The Rhythm of Eternity - The German Youth Movement and the Experience of the Past, 1900-1933 (Hardcover)
Robbert-Jan Adriaansen
R2,840 Discovery Miles 28 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Weimar era in Germany is often characterized as a time of significant change. Such periods of rupture transform the way people envision the past, present, and future. This book traces the conceptions of time and history in the Germany of the early 20th century. By focusing on both the discourse and practices of the youth movement, the author shows how it reinterpreted and revived the past to overthrow the premises of modern historical thought. In so doing, this book provides insight into the social implications of the ideological de-historicization of the past.

Doing Accounting History - Contributions to the Development of Accounting Thought (Hardcover, New): Richard K. Fleischman,... Doing Accounting History - Contributions to the Development of Accounting Thought (Hardcover, New)
Richard K. Fleischman, Vaughan S. Radcliffe, Paul A.R.K. Shoemaker
R3,818 Discovery Miles 38 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a collection of eleven essays authored by prominent accounting historians and designed to aid potential as well as experienced researchers in the methodologies and resources available for scholarly work in accounting history. The project, of which this book is the end product, has the full endorsement and backing of the Academy of Accounting Historians. Chapters on resources include the finding and utilization of archival materials (including ancient forms); the growing importance of the Internet in historical research and the Accounting Research Database as a vital, contemporary finding aid; the possibilities for joint venturing with accounting practitioners and their organizations; and the pivotal influence and immediacy of oral history. Methodological chapters explore the advantages and pitfalls of archival research; the synergistic relationships that exist between accounting and economic history, including business history and capital-markets research; the techniques for doing biography; and the issues involved in writing to historical paradigms.

The Falklands/Malvinas Campaign - A Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Eugene L. Rasor The Falklands/Malvinas Campaign - A Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Eugene L. Rasor
R1,208 Discovery Miles 12 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of the Falklands/Malvinas campaign of 1982 as well as the historical and cultural background. Rasor has compiled a comprehensive guide to published sources, oral histories, fiction, art, videos and film, exhibitions, and postage stamps associated with the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and with the military campaign. The book is divided into two major parts. First is the narrative and historiographical survey, which is subdivided into logical chapters. This section describes salient events and related publications, integrating these materials into a coherent whole. The second section, the annotated bibliography, provides citations for 537 works; these are organized by last name of the author in most instances. In addition, Rasor provides cross-referencing, an extensive chronology, a glossary of important persons, and a listing of abbreviations. In addition, the volume contains a general subject index. This volume will be invaluable for scholars, students, and those interested in modern diplomacy, strategy and modern naval warfare, and British and Argentinian studies.

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