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History in practice / Ludmilla Jordanova.

Title
History in practice / Ludmilla Jordanova.
Author
Jordanova, L. J.
Publication
London : Hodder Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description
xii, 243 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Ludmilla Jordanova examines the way historians have divided up their subject, and how that has changed, and with what effects. She treats historical practice critically and resists the separation of theory from practice.
Subject
  • History
  • History > Methodology
  • History
Note
  • Previous ed.: London: Arnold, 2000.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. History in general -- 2. Mapping the discipline of history -- 3. History and other disciplines -- 4. The status of historical knowledge -- 5. Periodisation -- 6. Public history -- 7. Historians' skills -- 8. Trends -- Notes -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0340814349 (pbk.)
  • 9780340814345
OCLC
  • 62225215
  • SCSB-12258837
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library