The Allure of the Archives

An exquisite appreciation of the distinctive rewards of historical research and a classic guide to the personal yet disciplined craft of discovery, now in its first English translation.

Info autore

Arlette Farge is Director of Research in Modern History at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Natalie Zemon Davis is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Thomas Scott-Railton is the translator of several books, including works by Étienne Balibar, Michel Foucault, and Slavoj Zizek.

Riassunto

An exquisite appreciation of the distinctive rewards of historical research and a classic guide to the personal yet disciplined craft of discovery, now in its first English translation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Arlette Farge, Farge Arlette
• Con la collaborazione di: Natalie Zemon Davis (Prefazione), Thomas Scott-Railton (Traduzione), Scott-Railton Thomas (Traduzione)
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.04.2015
• EAN: 9780300198935
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19893-5
• Pagine: 152
• Dimensioni: 125 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History; The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800