History: Theory, Method & Historiography

This book analyses the international development of the census by comparing the history of census taking on all continents and in many countries. The timeframe is wide, from male censuses in the Bible to current censuses covering the whole population. There is a focus on the efforts and destinies of..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This visionary and thoroughly accessible book examines how digital environments and virtual reality have altered the ways historians think and communicate ideas and how the new language of visualization transforms our understanding of the past. Drawing on familiar graphic models--maps, flow charts, ..

This visionary and thoroughly accessible book examines how digital environments and virtual reality have altered the ways historians think and communicate ideas and how the new language of visualization transforms our understanding of the past. Drawing on familiar graphic models--maps, flow charts, ..

First published in 1962, this book challenges the notion that the later Middle Ages failed to sustain the economic growth of earlier centuries, suggesting that historians have been preoccupied with absolute levels of output over more important questions of output per head. It also argues they have i..

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is an essential guide to the most influential historians, theorists and philosophers of history. The entries offer comprehensive coverage of the long history of historiography ranging from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages to the contemporary world..

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is an essential guide to the most influential historians, theorists and philosophers of history. The entries offer comprehensive coverage of the long history of historiography ranging from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages to the contemporary world..

Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography introduces some of the most important texts ever written by those who have sought to understand, capture, query and interpret the past. The works covered include texts from ancient times to the present day and from different cultural traditions ensuring ..

The contemporary Dutch historical theorist and philosopher Frank Ankersmit, an erstwhile advocate and promulgator of what has become known as ‘the linguistic turn’ in historical theory, is very well known within the discipline. His early position with regard to the historical text is frequently disc..

Examines the way in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy...

This collection explores the entanglements and opportunities of history and historians today. It moves between questions of social and institutional self-justification, desires relating to identity and self-understanding as well as the entertainment needs of audiences. This book was originally publi..

Suitable for undergraduate students of history and gender studies, this accessible overview traces the theoretical debates about the nature and scope of the history of gender. Engagingly written, the book is both comprehensible and appealing to students of history...