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The future of history / John Lukacs

By: Language: eng Publication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2011Description: 177 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780300181692 (pbk.)
  • 0300181698 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901
LOC classification:
  • D 16.8 L954f 2011
Contents:
Historianship -- Problems for the profession -- Appetite for history -- Re-cognition of history as literature -- History and the novel -- Future of the profession -- Tradition, inheritance, and imagination -- Apologia.
Summary: Argues that the writing and teaching of history are literary rather than scientific, comprising knowledge that is neither wholly objective nor subjective. This title traces a decline in history teaching throughout higher education, matched by a corresponding reduction in the number of history students.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 16.8 L954f 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000140086

Originally published: 2011.

Historianship -- Problems for the profession -- Appetite for history -- Re-cognition of history as literature -- History and the novel -- Future of the profession -- Tradition, inheritance, and imagination -- Apologia.

Argues that the writing and teaching of history are literary rather than scientific, comprising knowledge that is neither wholly objective nor subjective. This title traces a decline in history teaching throughout higher education, matched by a corresponding reduction in the number of history students.

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