In Defence Of History by Richard J Evans

In Defence Of History by Richard J Evans

The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilization -- more relevant than ever in the post-fact world.

A magisterial polemic * Independent *
Arguably the most talented social historian of his generation -- Niall Ferguson
An excellent primer on central issues of historical practice.. exemplary in his handling of sensitive episodes...a model of lucid and intelligent historiographical analysis * Guardian *
A subtle, engaged, brilliantly barbed and often amusing case for historical truth * Sunday Times *
Brilliantly readable -- Antonia Fraser
This is a wise and sensible book, which should be read by anyone who cares about the past and the way we think and write about it * Independent on Sunday *
Richard Evans offers a spirited and elegant defence of the discipline...while demonstrating with wit and acumen that historians have never been quite so credulous as is sometimes suggested * Times *

Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at Cambridge University, and Provost of Gresham College in the City of London. He has taught at the University of East Anglia, where he was Professor of European History, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he was Professor of History and Vice-Master. His many books include The Coming of the Third Reich (2003), The Third Reich in Power (2005) and The Third Reich at War (2008), as well as a collection of essays, The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015). His most recent books are Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History (2013) and The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914 (2016). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature. His many awards and distinctions include the British Academy Leverhulme Medal and Prize, the Norton Medlicott Medal of the Historical Association, the William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine, and the Medal for Arts and Sciences of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. He is a frequent contributor to radio and television programmes, including Free Thinking. His books have been awarded the Wolfson History Prize and the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History. He was knighted for services to scholarship in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9781783784592
ISBN 10	1783784598
Title	In Defence Of History
Author	Richard J Evans
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Granta Books
Year published	2018-02-01
Number of pages	384
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