History: What and Why?: Ancient, Modern and Postmodern Perspectives

by Beverley C. Southgate

Book Overview

History: What and Why? is an introductory survey of the nature and purpose of history. Beverley Southgate argues that the traditional model of the subject as a re-discovery of the past as it was' has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415138833
• ISBN13: 9780415138833
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

GOOD book!

The person who wrote the first review of this book might have had a bad professor; the book is not to blame for his/her lack of comprehension. It is a well written, meticulously researched, and concise text. If one has not had much experience with philosophy, historiography can seem obtuse. Beverley Southgate does a fine job of distilling scores of crucial developments in the reading and writing of human history into a slim volume. I would not advise a novice to pick up _History: What and Why?_ without access to a seasoned scholar for consultation. Just because a publisher calls a book an "introductory survey" (on the back of the paperback ed. I have) does not mean it is a simple book without substance. As are many things, history is often best learned in good company.