Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: The Battle of Basic Assumptions History: Essential Knowledge about the Past How the Discipline of History Evolved: From Thucydides to Langlois and Seignobos How the Discipline of History Evolved through the Twentieth into the Twenty-first Century The Historian at Work: Forget 'Facts', Foreground Sources The Historian at Work: The Communication of Historical Knowledge Theory, the Sciences, the Humanities Conclusion: Crisis, What Crisis? Appendix A: An Example of Learning Outcomes for a History Degree Appendix B: Examples of Aims and Objectives Appendix C: Writing History Appendix D: Glossary Further Reading Index.

Promotional Information

Arthur Marwick is the author of "British Society since 1945", "The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy and the United States, c.1958-c.1974", and "A History of the Modern British Isles, 1914-1999: Circunmstances, Events, Outcomes".

About the Author

ARTHUR MARWICK is Professor of History at the Open University. His many books include British Society since 1945 (3rd edition 1996), The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France Italy and the United States, c.1958-c.1974 (1998) and A History of the Modern British Isles, 1914-1999: Circumstances, Events, Outcomes (2000).

Reviews

'...passionate rebuttal of postmodernist criticisms of the mainstream positivist movement in hisorical science...' - International Review of Social History