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The
Houses of History: A critical reader in 20th century
history and theory
Anna Green and Kathleen Troup
325pp. Manchester University Press, UK, 1999 |
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The
Houses of History: A critical reader in twentieth-century
history and theory is a clear, jargon-free introduction
to the major theoretical perspectives employed by 20th
century historians. This innovative critical reader incorporates
a wide range of approaches to the writing of history,
giving accessible accounts of twelve schools of thought
ranging from the empiricist to the postcolonial.
Each chapter begins with a succint description of the
ides integral to a particular theory. The authors then
explore the insights and controversies arising from the
application of this model. The principal contributors
to the development of the school are identified, as are
the major critics. The chapter concludes with a representative
example from a historian writing within this framework.
A short list of references gives a guide to further reading
in each area.
Table
of Contents
Chapter
1: The empiricists
Chapter 2: Marxist historians
Chapter 3: Freud and psychohistory
Chapter 4: The Annales
Chapter 5: Historical sociology
Chapter 6: Quantitative history
Chapter 7: Anthropology and ethnohistorians
Chapter 8: The question of narrative
Chapter 9: Oral history
Chapter 10: Gender and history
Chapter 11: Postcolonial perspectives
Chapter 12: The challenge of poststructuralism/postmodernism
Index
Author
Details
Anna
Green is
a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Waikato,
New Zealand.
Kathleen Troup is
a Lecturer in History at the University of Waikato, New
Zealand.
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