Constructing the Past: Essays in Historical Methodology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521277825 ISBN 13: 9780521277822

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

This 1985 book presents a selection of ten of the most significant contributions to Faire de l'histoire, a major three-volume exposition of the fresh state of French historiography first published in 1974. All the essays were commissioned from historians representing the best of the 'Annales' tradition, including Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie, François Furet and Georges Duby. The first five essays concentrate upon the physical world, and deal with some of the more familiar aspects of 'new history'; the second half of the book is concerned with the unconscious world of mentalités, the network of belief, symbol and cultural practice that is attracting the attention of historians in ever-increasing numbers. In an introduction Colin Lucas places the essays in this collection within the long-term development of French historical study, and assesses not only its great strengths but also some of the doubts and dilemmas to which it has given rise.

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Book Description

This book presents a selection of ten of the most significant contributions of essays to Faire de l'histoire, a major three-volume exposition of French historiography first published in 1974. These essays represent the best of the 'Annales' tradition, including Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie, François Furet and Georges Duby.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521277825
• ISBN 13: 9780521277822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Le Goff Jacques, Nora Pierre