Across cultural borders : historiography in global perspective / edited by Eckhardt Fuchs and Benedikt Stuchtey.
This ambitious work offers the first comprehensive transcultural history of historiography. The contributors transcend a Eurocentric approach not only in terms of the individual historiographies they assess but also in the methodologies they use for comparative analysis. Moving beyond the traditiona...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2002]
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| Summary: | This ambitious work offers the first comprehensive transcultural history of historiography. The contributors transcend a Eurocentric approach not only in terms of the individual historiographies they assess but also in the methodologies they use for comparative analysis. Moving beyond the traditional national focus of historiography, the volume offers a genuinely comparative consideration of the commonalities and differences of history writing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Distinguishing among distinct cultural identities, the contributors consider the ways and means of intellect. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 359 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742569317 0742569314 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |