A Global History of Modern Historiography
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A Global History of Modern Historiography by Georg G Iggers
So far histories of historiography have concentrated almost exclusively on the West. This is the first book to offer a history of modern historiography from a global perspective. Tracing the transformation of historical writings over the past two and half centuries, the book portrays the transformation of historical writings under the effect of professionalization, which served as a model not only for Western but also for much of non-Western historical studies. At the same time it critically examines the reactions in post-modern and post-colonial thought to established conceptions of scientific historiography. A main theme of the book is how historians in the non-Western world not only adopted or adapted Western ideas, but also explored different approaches rooted in their own cultures.“It is no longer adequate to tell the story of the history of historical writing as if it were exclusively the creation of the westThis new book is an excellent contribution towards globalizing our understanding of the development of modern historical writing.”
Dr Daniel Woolf, University of Alberta, Canada
"Encyclopaedic in scope and erudition, non-partisan in approach but interested in forging connections across national contexts, this book will do much to enliven and inform contemporary debates in historiography. It represents a truly impressive scholarly achievement."
Dr Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago, USA
Georg Iggers is a distinguished professor emeritus from the State University of New York. He is a respected academic who has taught in the US, Asia and Europe. From 1995 - 2000 he was president of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography. Having fled the Nazis as a child, he has been active in the Civil Rights movement in the US
Q. Edward Wang is professor and chairperson of the History Department at Rown University in Glassboro New Jersey. His main field is Asian history, but he has also taught courses on Western Civilization and Historiography and Historical Methods.
Supriya Mukherjee teaches at the University of Memphis with a focus on the history of the German Kaiserreich and Weimar periods, Contemporary History, and modern Indian issues.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582096066 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582096065 |
| Title | A Global History of Modern Historiography |
| Author | Georg G Iggers |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-03-27 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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