Approaching the Past - Historical Anthropology Through Irish Case Studies

In recent years the study of history has become a central area of inquiry within anthropology. While classical anthropology focused on the present, current approaches seek to "do history" by using a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches. Approaching the Past is a highly provocative and original volume that examines the issues, themes, and difficulties emerging out of the new anthropological concern with history.
Anchoring the discussion with a wide range of ethnographic case studies from Ireland, the contributors to this volume establish a sophisticated interdisciplinary dialogue and assess the degree to which anthropological concepts and methodologies can be applied to historical inquiry. With a variety of essays representing sociological, geograhical, and historical perspectives, Approaching the Past is an invaluable
contribution to a discipline that is expanding and reconstituting itself anew.

A propos de l'auteur

Edited by Marilyn Silverman and P.H. Gulliver

Résumé

A highly provocative and original volume that examines the issues, themes, and difficulties emerging out of the new anthropological concern with history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marilyn Gulliver Silverman
• Collaboration: P. H. Gulliver (Editeur), Philip H. Gulliver (Editeur), Gulliver P. H. (Editeur), Marilyn Silverman (Editeur), Silverman Marilyn (Editeur)
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 22.12.1992
• EAN: 9780231079211
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07921-1
• Pages: 428
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Historiography, Northern Ireland, Historiography