Time and the Shape of History

by Penelope J. Corfield

This ambitious book explores the relationship between time and history and shows how an appreciation of long-term time helps to make sense of the past. The book is devoted to a wide-ranging analysis of the way different societies have conceived and interpreted time, and it develops a theory of the threefold roles of continuity, gradual change, and revolution which together form a "braided" history. Linking the interpretative chapters are intriguing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030011558X
• ISBN13: 9780300115581
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"