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TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY
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| By: |
Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob |
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Paperback |
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£20.00 |
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£17.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393312860 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393312867 |
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| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
17 April, 1995 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
"A fascinating historiographical essay... An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."-Booklist |
| Synopsis: |
This text examines the problem of historical truth. Seeking the roots of contemporary historical study in the Enlightenment, the authors argue that a model of historical research, based on neutrality and objectivity, served historians well until World War II. After that post-modernism suggested history could not reveal the truth about the past and the rise of social history produced a great amount of statistics which effectively swamped the search for historical truth. Accepting that much of history teaching has been flawed, the authors nevertheless argue for an affirmation of historical knowledge against the doubts of the sceptics and the relativists, guiding the reader through the complex areas of political correctness and multiculturalism. |
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US |
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WW Norton & Co |
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