On 'What Is History?': From Carr and Elton to Rorty and White

by Keith Jenkins

Book Overview

On What is History?' provides a student introduction to contemporary historiographical debates.
Carr and Elton are still the starting point for the vast majority of introductory courses on the nature of history. Building on his highly successful Rethinking History, Keith Jenkins explores in greater detail the influence of these key figures. He argues that historians need to move beyond their modernist' thinking and embrace the postmodern-type...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415097258
• ISBN13: 9780415097253
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"