Histories and fallacies
problems faced in the writing of history
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Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24452601M
- ISBN-139781581349238
- OCLC Control Number298184467
- Library of Congress Control Number2010021878
Classifications
- DDC907.2
- LCCD13 .T74 2010
Description
How do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past? Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood. Each chapter in Histories and Fallacies gives an account of a particular problem, examines classic examples of that problem, and then suggests a solution or approach that will bear fruit for the writer or reader of history. Readers who follow Trueman's deft writing will not just be learning theory but will already be practicing fruitful approaches to history. Histories and Fallacies guides both readers and writers of history away from dead ends and methodological mistakes, and into a fresh confidence in the productive nature of the historical task. - Publisher.
Description
"Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history."--Publisher description.
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