Thinking about History

by Sarah C. Maza

Book Overview

What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating question of Sarah Maza's Thinking About History, a general introduction to the field of history that revels in its eclecticism and highlights the inherent tensions and controversies that shape it.

Designed for the classroom, Thinking About History is organized around big questions: Whose history do we write, and how does that affect what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610933X
• ISBN13: 9780226109336
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"