Oman On the Writing of History

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-28356-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Historiography

Written by one of the most eminent, (if sometimes disputed) historians of the 20th century, this book, originally published in 1939, gives guidance to the would-be historian on historical sources, research and evidence. Although inevitably a product of its time, this volume nonetheless remains one of the most comprehensive guides to historiograhy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oman, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is History? 2. On Sources and Evidence 3. On the Testing of Authorities: Chronicles and Narrative Histories 4. On the Testing of Authorities: Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Letters, etc 5. Of Historical Perspective in General 6. Of Historical Perspective – The Pessimists and the Optimists 7. Of Historical Perspective – Concerning Cataclysms, Political and Moral 8. Of Individuals and ‘Processes’ in History 9. A Plea for Military History 10. On History as a Hindrance, and Poisonous History 11. Concerning Researchers and Research 12. History at Oxford 13. Some Humours of History 14. On General Lessons and Morals