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UNESCO General History of the Caribbean - Volume VI: Methodology and Historiography of the Caribbean: 6 - Softcover
The principal objective of this volume of the "General History of the Caribbean" is to provide a survey of the development of historical understanding in the region. It also seeks to point to the future, setting out a new agenda and reflecting on the potential of new methods and interpretations. There are three sections. The first examines sources of historical evidence and the techniques used to study them for the purpose of writing Caribbean history. In the second, the historiography of the region is treated thematically, tracing the changes in the interpretation of the past. The third is devoted to the historiography of particular territories and history-writing in all its branches.
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Volume VI looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending on their methods on interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The chapters which discuss methodology are followed by studies of particular themes of historiography. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. The final part of Volume VI is a full and detailed bibliography which serves not only as a guide to the volume, but also as an invaluable reference for the General History of the Caribbean as a whole.
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- PublisherMacmillan Caribbean
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0333724615
- ISBN 13 9780333724613
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages964
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