The history manifesto
"How should historians speak truth to power--and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history--especially long-term history--so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted presen...
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Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press,
2014
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| Schlagworte: | History Historiography History in popular culture Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtsphilosophie Langfristige Analyse Öffentlichkeit Geschichtsschreibung |
| Umfang: | x, 165 Seiten |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: The Bonfire of the Humanities?Going Forward by Looking Back : the Rise of the Longue Durée
- The Short Past : or, The Retreat of the Longue Durée
- The Long and the Short : Climate Change, Governance and Inequality since the 1970s
- Big Questions, Big Data
- Conclusion: The Public Future of the Past.