A COMPANION TO WESTERN HISTORICAL THOUGHT

KRAMER, L. / S. MAZA, EDS.

ISBN 10: 1405149612 / ISBN 13: 9781405149617

Published by BLACKWELL, 2006

About this Item

KRAMER, L. / S. MAZA, EDS.: A COMPANION TO WESTERN HISTORICAL THOUGHT. OXFORD, 2006, xii 520 p. , 915 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (HE-2-3) 915 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A COMPANION TO WESTERN HISTORICAL THOUGHT
• Publisher: BLACKWELL
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405149612
• ISBN 13: 9781405149617
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
• Condition: Nuevo
• Weight: 915 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historia

About this title

Synopsis

This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present.

• Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day.
  
• Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches.
  
• Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers.
  
• Includes chapters by 24 leading historians.

About the Author

Lloyd Kramer is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His previous publications include Threshold of a New World: Intellectuals and the Exile Experience in Paris, 1830-1848 (1988), Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions (1996), and Nationalism: Political Cultures in Europe and America, 1775-1865 (1998).

Sarah Maza is Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is the author of Servants and Masters in Eighteenth-century France (1983) and Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Célèbres of Pre-Revolutionary France (1993).