Historiography Books


FRAGRANT HARBOURS - DISTANT RIVERSFRAGRANT HARBOURS - DISTANT RIVERS
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Pre-Colonial Africa: The late 19th Century History as Soap Opera DAVID: the sensitive young...
Hyde Showtime Memories (Living Memories)Hyde Showtime Memories (Living Memories)Folklore of Herefordshire Collected from Oral and Printed SourcesFolklore of Herefordshire Collected from Oral and Printed SourcesCross Border TalesCross Border TalesField of Spears: Last Mission of the Jordan CrewField of Spears: Last Mission of the Jordan Crew
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Prof. Greg Hadley has thoroughly researched the story of one particular B-29 crew; "the...


Endless Beat: Voices of the New Sarum Sound 1970-1999Endless Beat: Voices of the New Sarum Sound 1970-1999Built Upon Herring: A History of Mallaig and Its Fishing IndustryBuilt Upon Herring: A History of Mallaig and Its Fishing IndustryHistoric Cottages of Mackinac IslandHistoric Cottages of Mackinac Island
Organized and well researched. Interesting era in Michigan's history.
Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and RuminationsPersonal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations
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In Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations, Richard...
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in...


American RetrospectivesAmerican Retrospectives
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In American Retrospectives Stanley Kutler brings together a broad and diverse group of scholars...
Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis EffectFigural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect
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Hayden White's work provides structured and critical understandings for modern analysis of...
The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007
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The Fiction of Narrative, Hayden White, essays Essays on History, Literature, and Theory...
Museum Memories: History, Technology, Art (Cultural Memory in the Present)Museum Memories: History, Technology, Art (Cultural Memory in the Present)
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this book is centred on the 19th century. it explains the logic behind museums during this...
A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical TruthA Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth
Among the academically politically correct, a particularly noxious notion has been revised in...

Comparing Cowboys and FrontiersComparing Cowboys and Frontiers
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Historians of the American west, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are...
El Cerrito, New Mexico: Eight Generations in a Spanish VillageEl Cerrito, New Mexico: Eight Generations in a Spanish Village
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El Cerrito, New Mexico captures the essence of a village that, despite cultural disintegration,...
The South to Posterity: An Introduction to the Writing of Confederate HistoryThe South to Posterity: An Introduction to the Writing of Confederate History
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Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory (Making the Modern South)Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory (Making the Modern South)
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First off, I sincerely enjoyed reading this book. Then again I was a captive audience seeing as...
FRAGRANT HARBOURS - DISTANT RIVERSFRAGRANT HARBOURS - DISTANT RIVERS
Best Price: $12.35
Pre-Colonial Africa: The late 19th Century History as Soap Opera DAVID: the sensitive young...

Hyde Showtime Memories (Living Memories)Hyde Showtime Memories (Living Memories)Folklore of Herefordshire Collected from Oral and Printed SourcesFolklore of Herefordshire Collected from Oral and Printed SourcesCross Border TalesCross Border TalesField of Spears: Last Mission of the Jordan CrewField of Spears: Last Mission of the Jordan Crew
Best Price: $24.95
Prof. Greg Hadley has thoroughly researched the story of one particular B-29 crew; "the...
Endless Beat: Voices of the New Sarum Sound 1970-1999Endless Beat: Voices of the New Sarum Sound 1970-1999

Built Upon Herring: A History of Mallaig and Its Fishing IndustryBuilt Upon Herring: A History of Mallaig and Its Fishing IndustryHistoric Cottages of Mackinac IslandHistoric Cottages of Mackinac Island
Organized and well researched. Interesting era in Michigan's history.
Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and RuminationsPersonal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations
Best Price: $35.00
In Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations, Richard...
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5
Best Price: $19.99
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in...
The Historiography of the HolocaustThe Historiography of the Holocaust
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Happily this excellent resource on the Holocaust is now available in an affordable paperback...

Lost Voices of the Royal NavyLost Voices of the Royal Navy
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Acclaimed historian Max Arthur pays tribute to the Royal Navy from 1914 to 1945. Drawing on the...
Something in the Soil: Field-Testing the New Western HistorySomething in the Soil: Field-Testing the New Western History
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In true "new west" fasion, Dr. Limerick uncovers and more important...
Sceptical History: Feminist and Postmodern Approaches in PracticeSceptical History: Feminist and Postmodern Approaches in Practice
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A highly original work in history and theory, this survey considers major themes including...
Procopius and the Sixth Century (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)Procopius and the Sixth Century (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)
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Originally published by Duckworth and the University of California Press, Procopius is now...
The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern CultureThe Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture
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Walter Kendrick traces the relatively recent concept of pornography--the word was not coined...

The City in Literature: An Intellectual and Cultural HistoryThe City in Literature: An Intellectual and Cultural History
This sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city moves from the early novel in...
Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives (Society & Culture in East-Central Europe)Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives (Society & Culture in East-Central Europe)
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A hero to many, Polish writer Adam Michnik ranks among today's most fearless and persuasive...
Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local HistoryRethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History
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Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this...
From History to TheoryFrom History to Theory
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From History to Theory describes major changes in the conceptual language of the humanities,...
Writing Early American HistoryWriting Early American History
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"Whoever reads these essays?and whether they follow the book from cover to cover, or dip...

What Reconstruction Meant: Historical Memory in the American South (The American South Series)What Reconstruction Meant: Historical Memory in the American South (The American South Series)
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A great deal has been written about southern memory centering on the Civil War, particularly the...
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Indigenous Americas)Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Indigenous Americas)
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Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of...
Past Meets the Present: Essays on Oral HistoryPast Meets the Present: Essays on Oral HistoryReligion and the American Nation: Historiography and HistoryReligion and the American Nation: Historiography and History
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John Frederick Wilson's "Religion and the American Nation" provides a good...
Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840
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I read Larry Tise's Proslavery not long after it was published, because I was asked to...

The Conquest of History: Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century (Pitt Latin American Studies)The Conquest of History: Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century (Pitt Latin American Studies)
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As Spain rebuilt its colonial regime in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish...
Displacing NativesDisplacing Natives
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This insightful study examines the strategies used by outsiders to usurp Hawaiian lands and...
Bede: The Reckoning of Time (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)Bede: The Reckoning of Time (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)
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From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus ? the science of...
Vegetius: Epitome of Military Science (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)Vegetius: Epitome of Military Science (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)
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I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is important to understand that...
Thucydides and Internal WarThucydides and Internal War
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This book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war, and then shows how,...

Medieval Concepts of the Past: Ritual, Memory, Historiography (Publications of the German Historical Institute)Medieval Concepts of the Past: Ritual, Memory, Historiography (Publications of the German Historical Institute)
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Medieval Concepts of the Past shows how the history of the Middle Ages is being reshaped by...
Africa and Empire: W.M. Macmillan, Historian and Social Critic (Commonwealth Papers, 25)Africa and Empire: W.M. Macmillan, Historian and Social Critic (Commonwealth Papers, 25)River Rats: Growing up on the Raritan RiverRiver Rats: Growing up on the Raritan River
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Dan Hyland, as a boy growing up in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1930-1938, saw the...
Wartime in Baghdad 1917: Eleanor Franklin Egan's the War in the Cradle of the World (Middle East Classics)Wartime in Baghdad 1917: Eleanor Franklin Egan's the War in the Cradle of the World (Middle East Classics)
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This book is an outstanding example of how the highly subjective and the autobiographical...
Stanford PatriarchsStanford Patriarchs
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Stanford University is a product of the Gilded Age, when robber barons turned their attention to...

The Blackwell Dictionary of HistoriansThe Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
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The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians provides an authoritative and readable source book for...
The Structures of History (Studies in Social Discontinuity)The Structures of History (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
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In The Structures of History Christopher Lloyd questions whether narration on its own can...
When the War Was Over: Women, War and Peace in Europe, 1940-1956When the War Was Over: Women, War and Peace in Europe, 1940-1956
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This work focuses on the experiences of women in Europe during the transition from war to peace....
Computing for Historians: Introductory GuideComputing for Historians: Introductory GuideMourning Become...: Post/Memory and Commemoration of the Concentration Camps of the South African War 1899-1902 (Encounters: Cultural Histories)Mourning Become...: Post/Memory and Commemoration of the Concentration Camps of the South African War 1899-1902 (Encounters: Cultural Histories)
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This work demonstrates that much of what we have traditionally understood about concentration...

History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the FutureHistory and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future
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Perhaps the most important histiographic innovation of the twentieth century was the application...
Augustine and History (Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation)Augustine and History (Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation)
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Augustine and History relates history to Augustine's thoughts, life, and writings in several...
Postmodernity's HistoriesPostmodernity's Histories
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Challenges to the conventional study of history have been raised by the recent paradigm of...
Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You (American Association for State and Local History)Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You (American Association for State and Local History)
In the Second Edition of Nearby History , the authors have updated all chapters, introduced...
The French Historical Revolution: Annales School, 1929-1989 (Key Contemporary Thinkers)The French Historical Revolution: Annales School, 1929-1989 (Key Contemporary Thinkers)
This book provides a critical history of the movement associated with the journal...

ConscriptsConscripts
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Drawing on diaries, letters and personal accounts from conscripts who served on the Western...
Heraldic Designs: Royalty-free Images of Coats-of-arms, Shields, Crests, Seals, Bookplates, And MoreHeraldic Designs: Royalty-free Images of Coats-of-arms, Shields, Crests, Seals, Bookplates, And More
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This book has a decent selection of heraldic designs different from Dover selection. Just wish...
Narrative and Genre: Contexts and Types of Communication (Memory and Narrative)Narrative and Genre: Contexts and Types of Communication (Memory and Narrative)
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This is brilliant book for those who are interested in narrative research methods. The problems...
When I Was Small-i Wan Kwikws: A Grammatical Analysis of St'at'imc Oral Narratives (First Nations Language Series)When I Was Small-i Wan Kwikws: A Grammatical Analysis of St'at'imc Oral Narratives (First Nations Language Series)
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Collected in this book are the personal life histories of four female St?át?imc elders:...
Shape of Irish HistoryShape of Irish History
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Distilling a lifetime's scholarship, this meditation on the nature of history challenges...

Guide to Quantitative HistoryGuide to Quantitative History
This book introduces statistical techniques for the particular needs of historians. The approach...
History as an Art of MemoryHistory as an Art of Memory
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Hutton considers the ideas of philosophers, poets, and historians to seek outthe roots of fact...
History, Rhetoric, and Proof (Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures)History, Rhetoric, and Proof (Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures)
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Historian Carlo Ginzburg uses the occasion of his Menachem Stern Lectureship to present a...
Lincoln and the First ShotLincoln and the First Shot
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This book, originally published in the 1960s I believe, is a great introduction to the events...
Historian's Handbook: A Key to the Study and Writing of HistoryHistorian's Handbook: A Key to the Study and Writing of History
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This book not only devotes a chapter to the history of history, but it also outlines why you...

A Study of the Historiography of the British West Indies to the End of the Nineteenth CenturyA Study of the Historiography of the British West Indies to the End of the Nineteenth Century
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Writing History Papers: An IntroductionWriting History Papers: An Introduction
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Contents of this title include: Introduction; Selecting a Topic; Bibliographical Aids; Note...
This Was Mining in the WestThis Was Mining in the West
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This book takes you through hundreds of historical photographs, each accompanied with a brief...
Kings and Chroniclers: Essays in English Medieval History (History Series (Hambledon Press), V. 4)Kings and Chroniclers: Essays in English Medieval History (History Series (Hambledon Press), V. 4)
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The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History StudentsThe Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students
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The Presnell book is an excellent reference work for aspiring historians; she guides you through...

The Principles of History and Other Writings in Philosophy of HistoryThe Principles of History and Other Writings in Philosophy of History
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Published here for the first time is much of a final and long-anticipated work on the philosophy...
PerformancesPerformances
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With elegance and candor, Greg Dening offers a panoramic collection of rich and densely textured...
Time's Reasons: Philosophies of History Old and NewTime's Reasons: Philosophies of History Old and New
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A must read for the self-understanding of professional historians and for the right outlook in...
Nations and their Histories: Constructions and RepresentationsNations and their Histories: Constructions and Representations
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This volume pinpoints the importance of history and its uses in the (re)formation of modern...
The World of Sofia VelasquezThe World of Sofia Velasquez
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Would you like to know more about Philosofy? Or would you prefer a great suspence novel? Why the...

History at the Limit of World-HistoryHistory at the Limit of World-History
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The past is not just, as has been famously said, another country with foreign customs: it is a...
Memory and American History (A Midland Book)Memory and American History (A Midland Book)
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"Memory and American History contains some of the most interesting explorations and...
Voices of Women Historians: The Personal, the Political, the ProfessionalVoices of Women Historians: The Personal, the Political, the Professional
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This collection of personal narratives by former officers of the Coordinating Council for Women...
Seeing Things Their Way: Intellectual History and the Return of ReligionSeeing Things Their Way: Intellectual History and the Return of Religion
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While religious history and intellectual history are both active, dynamic fields of contemporary...
New Perspectives on Historical WritingNew Perspectives on Historical Writing
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The editor of this comprehensive textbook, Peter Burke (no relation) is a Reader (I think that...

Screening the Past: Film and the Representation of HistoryScreening the Past: Film and the Representation of History
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Film and television have been accepted as having a pervasive influence on how people understand...
The AutobiographyThe AutobiographyBattle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of DialogueBattle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of Dialogue
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When I told a colleague I was reading a book on Oral History, we both cringed. I had to go on...
Herodotus (Hermes Books Series)Herodotus (Hermes Books Series)
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Herodotus, widely known as the father of history, was also described by Aristotle as a...
Pocket Guide to Writing in History 6e & Does the Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional & Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960sPocket Guide to Writing in History 6e & Does the Frontier Experience Make America Exceptional & Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s
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Colditz: The Full StoryColditz: The Full Story
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In "Colditz: The Full Story", Major Pat Reid brings together the many dramatic...
Practising HistoryPractising History
A collection of essays by the author of "A Distant Mirror", "Zimmermann...
General History of the Caribbean Vol.VIGeneral History of the Caribbean Vol.VI
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The principal objective of this volume of the "General History of the Caribbean" is to...
What Is History?What Is History?
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What is History is necessarily dated - historiography does move on, seminal historical issues...
 
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