Research Catalog

Title

Braudel's historiography reconsidered / Cheng-Chung Lai.

Author

Lai, Cheng-chung

Publication

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2004.

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Details

Description

x, 126 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The essays collected in this volume represent author Cheng-chung Lai's views on Fernand Braudel's concepts, methodology, and principal books. Through an examination of Braudel's contributions to historiography, Lai focuses on the inner logic and insights presented in Braudel's writings."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Braudel, Fernand
• Historiography
• History > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-121) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Longue duree, conjoncture, event-history -- Economie-monde (Economic-world) -- Total history -- Methodology -- Evaluation -- The Mediterranean (1949) -- Framework -- Style -- Criticisms -- Economics -- Civilization and Capitalism (1979) -- Structure and contents -- Evaluation -- Compare with other eight reviews -- Identity of France (1986) -- Setting -- Framework -- Perplexities -- History of Civilizations (1963) -- Is there exists a grammar in the history of civilizations? -- History of civilizations and current affairs -- A high school textbook? -- On Chinese civilization -- On History (1969) -- Evaluation -- Ecrits sur l'histoire II (1990) -- Historical apprenticeship and personal testimony -- Price history in Europe, 1450-1750 -- Two biographies -- Preface to de Tocqueville's Souvenirs -- The Italian Model (1974) -- Memories of The Mediterranean (1996, 1998) -- Two Biographies (1995).

ISBN

0761828354

LCCN

^^2003117053

OCLC

• 55659885
• SCSB-12695976

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library