Why History Matters

John Tosh (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2019 | 2nd edition
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-137-60410-1 (ISBN)

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Does history matter? Is it anything more than entertainment? And if so, what practical relevance does it have? In this fully revised second edition of a seminal text, John Tosh persuasively argues that history is central to an informed and critical understanding of topical issues in the present. Including a range of contemporary examples from Brexit to child sexual abuse to the impact of the internet, this is an important and practical introduction for all students of history.

Inspiring and empowering, this book provides both students and general readers with a stimulating and practical rationale for the study of history. It is essential reading for all undergraduate students of history who require an engaging introduction to the subject.

New to this Edition:
- Illustrative examples and case studies are fully updated
- Features a postscript on British historians and Brexit
- Bibliography is heavily revised

John Tosh is Professor of History at the University of Roehampton, UK, Visiting Professor at Birkbeck University of London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is well known for his introductory text The Pursuit of History (6th edition, 2015). He has also published widely on the history of masculinities in Britain, notably A Man’s Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England (2007).

Preface
Prologue: Britain in Iraq
Contending Histories
Other Worlds
Becoming Ourselves
Parallels in the Past
The Family in Crisis: a Case-Study
History Goes Public
The Citizen's Resource
Conclusion
Postscript: British Historians and Brexit
Notes
Select Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
Schlagworte	Bibliography • Crisis • Edition • Education • Historiography • History • Policy • present • Prologue • Society • Sociology • Understanding • World History
ISBN-10	1-137-60410-7 / 1137604107
ISBN-13	978-1-137-60410-1 / 9781137604101
Zustand	Neuware