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Explore the possibilities remaining for historical study.
This book explores the possibilities remaining for historical study in the face of the current trends, including postcolonialism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, among others.
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Learning Goals
Upon completing this text, readers will be able to:
- Understand how to examine trends in history.
- Understand how historical events influence today's world.
List of contents
Chapter 1: What Was History?
Chapter 2: What Is History?
Chapter 3: Problems Of Historical Knowledge: Historicism, Presentism, and the Writing Of History
Chapter 4: Cross-Pollination
Chapter 5: Varieties Of History
Chapter 6: Historical Actors
Chapter 7: Post Modernist (Re)visions
Chapter 8: Post-Colonialism and the Scope of History
Chapter 9: The Future of History
Summary
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Explore the possibilities remaining for historical study.
This book explores the possibilities remaining for historical study in the face of the current trends, including postcolonialism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, among others.
This text is available in a variety of formats – digital and print. Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through CourseSmart, Amazon, and more.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this text, readers will be able to:
- Understand how to examine trends in history.
- Understand how historical events influence today’s world.
