"Eley brilliantly probes transformations in the historians' craft
over the past four decades. I found "A Crooked Line" engrossing,
insightful, and inspiring."
--Lizabeth Cohen, author of" A Consumers' Republic"
""A Crooked Line "brilliantly captures the most significant shifts
in the landscape of historical scholarship that have occurred in
the last four decades. Part personal history, part insightful
analysis of key methodological and theoretical historiographical
tendencies since the late 1960s, always thoughtful and provocative,
Eley's book shows us why history matters to him and why it should
also matter to us."
--Robert Moeller, University of California, Irvine
"Part genealogy, part diagnosis, part memoir, Eley's account of the
histories of social and cultural history is a tour de force."
--Antoinette Burton, Professor of History and Catherine C. and
Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies,
University of Illinois
"Eley's reflections on the changing landscape of academic history
in the last forty years will interest and benefit all students of
the discipline. Both a native informant and an analyst in this
account, Eley combines the two roles superbly to produce one of
most engaging and compelling narratives of the recent history of
History."
--Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of "Provincializing Europe"
Using his own intellectual biography as a narrative device, Geoff
Eley tracks the evolution of historical understanding in our time
from social history through the so-called "cultural turn," and back
again to a broad history of society.
A gifted writer, Eley carefully winnows unique experiences from the
universal, and uses theinterplay of the two to draw the reader
toward an organic understanding of how historical thinking
(particularly the work of European historians) has evolved under
the influence of new ideas. His work situates history within
History, and offers students, scholars, and general readers alike a
richly detailed, readable guide to the enduring value of historical
ideas.
Geoff Eley is Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
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