Future of History

by John Lukacs

Book Overview

A master historian explores the critical future of history writing and teaching

For more than sixty years, John Lukacs has been writing, teaching, and reading about the past. In this inspired volume, he turns his attention to the future. Throughout The Future of History, Lukacs reflects on his discipline, eloquently arguing that the writing and teaching of history are literary rather than scientific, comprising knowledge that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300181698
• ISBN13: 9780300181692
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"