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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Auteur principal: Guldi, Jo 1978- (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Armitage, David 1965-, Cambridge University Press
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Sujets:History Historiography History in popular culture Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtsphilosophie Langfristige Analyse Öffentlichkeit Geschichtsschreibung
Description matérielle:x, 165 Seiten
Table des matières:
  • 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.