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A Concise Companion to History (Paperback)
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A Concise Companion to History (Paperback)
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What is our relationship with the past? A quiet revolution has
transformed the ways in which History provides us with answers.
Indeed, not so long ago the very question might have seemed odd.
But in recent decades the solid moorings to which History was
seemingly tethered have proved less secure than earlier supposed.
That realization has produced some discomfiture, but also many more
opportunities for approaching worlds with which we have lost
connection. No single book can hope to reflect all the ways in
which History has 'changed with the times' nor can, or should, a
volume with numerous contributors speak with one voice. Yet the
Companion does range widely, addressing key themes and structures
from new areas of enquiry as well as providing fresh treatment of
established fields; and it does mark a significant departure in a
genre still shaped by stories that are predominantly Western. It
reflects a practice of history that seeks global connections and
pioneers a sustained dialogue between historians specializing in
the history of particular continents. It does not, in the sharply
ridiculing phrase of one historian, compare the Ashanti empire to
the British empire. But the scholars writing in this book build on
the much greater awareness that 'Western' achievements and claims
to modernity were often not as unique as once portrayed, and that
the history of interconnections and multi-centric developments of
different civilisations is crucial for a proper critical
understanding of the past. Escorted by some of the world's leading
historians, readers of the Companion will find pages an
indispensable guide to what history is today.
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