The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-century History and TheoryAnna Green, Kathleen Troup The only history and theory textbook to include accessible extracts from a wide range of historical writing. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the theorists who have most inflenced twentieth-century historians. Chapters follow a consistent structure, putting difficult ideas into an accessible context. This is the only critical reader aimed at the undergraduate market. |
Contents
The empiricists | 1 |
Marxist historians | 33 |
Freud and psychohistory | 59 |
The Annales | 87 |
Historical sociology | 110 |
Quantitative history | 141 |
Anthropology and ethnohistorians | 172 |
The question of narrative | 204 |
Oral history | 230 |
Gender and history | 253 |
Postcolonial perspectives | 277 |
The challenge of poststructuralismpostmodernism | 297 |
Index | 326 |
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