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In Defence Of History

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2018
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-78378-459-2 (ISBN)
CHF 22,65 inkl. MwSt
The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilization -- more relevant than ever in the post-fact world.
'Should be read by anyone who cares about the past and the way we think and write about it' Independent on Sunday

At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, historian Richard Evans shows us why history is necessary. Taking us into the historians' workshop to show us just how good history gets written, he demolishes the wilder claims of postmodern historians, who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of the subject.

In one of the most important lessons for today he explains the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives. With wit, wisdom and incisive insight, this is a book to inspire faith in the practice of historians and the worth of learning from the past. In Defence of History is the definitive argument for the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilization.

'A subtle, engaged, brilliantly barbed and often amusing case for historical truth...' Sunday Times

'Brilliantly readable' Antonia Fraser

'Arguably the most talented social historian of his generation' Niall Ferguson

'An excellent primer... A model of lucid and intelligent historiographical analysis' Guardian

Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at Cambridge University, and Provost of Gresham College in the City of London. He has taught at the University of East Anglia, where he was Professor of European History, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he was Professor of History and Vice-Master. His many books include The Coming of the Third Reich (2003), The Third Reich in Power (2005) and The Third Reich at War (2008), as well as a collection of essays, The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015). His most recent books are Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History (2013) and The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914 (2016). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature. His many awards and distinctions include the British Academy Leverhulme Medal and Prize, the Norton Medlicott Medal of the Historical Association, the William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine, and the Medal for Arts and Sciences of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. He is a frequent contributor to radio and television programmes, including Free Thinking. His books have been awarded the Wolfson History Prize and the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History. He was knighted for services to scholarship in 2012.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 128 x 198 mm
Gewicht 264 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Geschichtstheorie / Historik
ISBN-10 1-78378-459-8 / 1783784598
ISBN-13 978-1-78378-459-2 / 9781783784592
Zustand Neuware
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