The History Manifesto

by Jo Guldi and David Armitage

Book Overview

How should historians speak truth to power - and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history - especially long-term history - so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians Jo Guldi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110743243X
• ISBN13: 9781107432437
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"