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Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 907.2
EAN: 9780226072784
Edition: 2 Sub
ISBN: 0226072789
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 489
Publication Date: March 01, 1995
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Studio: University Of Chicago Press
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Editorial Review:
In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this updated second edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with sections on such current topics as postmodernism, deconstructionism, black history, women's history, microhistory, Historikerstreit, the linguistic turn, and more.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - not complete
The book is about ancient,medieval and modern times and is nothing for Pellazgians, more then 20 Illyrian Tribes,Dardania, Pannonia, Thrakia, Epiri (Epirus),This is Balkan not only Greece.
Rating: - Historiography: Ancient, Medieval and Modern.
Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern by Ernst Breisach is a text book that traces how history was written from the dawn of western history to the modern age. It traces how and why history was written. The author goes from the Classical Greek historians, their Roman heirs. He then procedes to Medieval Europe and how the Catholic Church shaped the world view of history. He then procedes to show how the "truth" evolved to what people believe "truth" is today. It is a must for the graduate ... Read More
Rating:  - The Historiography Bible
I used this book as part of an undergrad historiography course. It contains literally everything you would ever need to know.
The writing is very dry, but what do you expect from a textbook?
What else can be said?
There is a new edition coming out soon. The professor who taught the course I took has changed texts to one that's not so imposing and having looked at it and it's a poor substitute. This book is the ultimate power in Historiography.
Rating: - An astonishing achievement!!!
This is, without question, Breisach's magnum opus. From Herodotus to Hegel, and from Bancroft to Collingwood, Breisach offers the student of history a cogent history of historiography. While it is probably best suited for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, it should be required reading for "history buffs", History Channel producers, and David McCullough.
The only way Breisach could have made this work better, is by dividing the three eras (Ancient, Medieval, and Modern) into ... Read More
Rating: - Immigrants into the future
When I studied for the MA, this book (and John Lukacs' "Historical Consciousness") had the greatest influence on my developed historiography.
Breisach shows that the historian is culture's interpreter and that, while there are eternal truths, human history is not yet finished and there is a great importance to continue to record what really happens.
Brilliant!
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