History and Social TheoryA Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 ?Burke's study is unique in that it distills many of the previous efforts to address the interface between history and social theory into a concentrated, elegantly written, and thought-provoking analysis of key problems. . . . Excellent, comprehensive index and bibliography. Highly recommended.'--Choice Burke reviews the emergence of the fields of history and social science and traces their tentative convergence in recent decades as he reappraises the current relations between them. |
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... seventeenth - century France . What model should historians put in its place ? According to the leading critic of Porshnev , Roland Mousnier , the right model to use for this particular analysis is that of the three estates , or three ...
... seventeenth - century France . What model should historians put in its place ? According to the leading critic of Porshnev , Roland Mousnier , the right model to use for this particular analysis is that of the three estates , or three ...
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... century ago than they do today . On the other hand , certain Indian castes can be shown to have risen socially over ... seventeenth - century England higher or lower than that in seventeenth - century France , seventeenth - century Japan ...
... century ago than they do today . On the other hand , certain Indian castes can be shown to have risen socially over ... seventeenth - century England higher or lower than that in seventeenth - century France , seventeenth - century Japan ...
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... seventeenth - century elites in England , Poland , Italy and elsewhere.72 These studies not only illustrate the ... seventeenth centuries centres on the at- tempts of the hero ( actually a rogue , or pícaro ) to pass himself off as a ...
... seventeenth - century elites in England , Poland , Italy and elsewhere.72 These studies not only illustrate the ... seventeenth centuries centres on the at- tempts of the hero ( actually a rogue , or pícaro ) to pass himself off as a ...
Contents
THEORISTS AND HISTORIANS | 1 |
MODELS AND METHODS | 36 |
CENTRAL CONCEPTS | 46 |
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