What is History? with a new Introduction by .

Carr, E.

ISBN 10: 0333977017 / ISBN 13: 9780333977019

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, United K., US, 2002

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Synopsis: Since its first publication in 1961 E.H. Carr's What is History? has establ ished itself as the classic introduction to the subject. Ranging across top ics such as historical objectivity, society and the individual, the nature of causation, and the possibility of progress, Carr delivered an incisive t ext that still has the power to provoke debate today. For this fortieth ann iversary reissue, Richard J. Evans has written an extensive new introductio n that discusses the origins and the impact of the book, and assesses its r elevance in the age of twenty-first century postmodernism and epistemologic al anxiety. About the Author: E.H. CARR who died in 1982 at the age of ninety was a Fellow of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK. His books include International Relations between the Two World Wars 1919- 1939, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939, Nationalism and After, The New So ciety, What is History?, 1917: Before and After, Michael Bakunin, The Russi an Revolution From Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929, the fourteen volume History o f Soviet Russia and The Twilight of the Comintern 1930-1935. RICHARD J. EVANS is Professor of Modern History at University of Cambridge and author of In Defence of History.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What is History? with a new Introduction by .
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United K., US
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333977017
• ISBN 13: 9780333977019
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Like New
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Synopsis

Since its first publication in 1961 E.H. Carr's What is History? has established itself as the classic introduction to the subject. Ranging across topics such as historical objectivity, society and the individual, the nature of causation, and the possibility of progress, Carr delivered an incisive text that still has the power to provoke debate today. For this fortieth anniversary reissue, Richard J. Evans has written an extensive new introduction that discusses the origins and the impact of the book, and assesses its relevance in the age of twenty-first century postmodernism and epistemological anxiety.

About the Author

E.H. CARR who died in 1982 at the age of ninety was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK. His books include International Relations between the Two World Wars 1919-1939, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939, Nationalism and After, The New Society, What is History?, 1917: Before and After, Michael Bakunin, The Russian Revolution From Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929, the fourteen volume History of Soviet Russia and The Twilight of the Comintern 1930-1935.

RICHARD J. EVANS is Professor of Modern History at University of Cambridge and author of In Defence of History.