Buch
Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History
K. Sewell
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | Studies in Modern History |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 13. 01. 2005 |
Seiten | : | 280 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 216 mm |
Breite | : | 140 mm |
Gewicht | : | 500 g |
ISBN | : | 9781403939289 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
KEITH SEWELL was born in London in 1944. Since 1969 he has lived in Australia or New Zealand. He has taught history for Deakin University and Presbyterian Ladies' College, Victoria, Australia. He moved to the USA in 1998 and is currently Professor of History at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa. He is married with two sons.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Romantic Imagination Butterfield's Critique of the Whig Interpretation Butterfield's Critique of Acton Machiavelli and the English Tradition Expository Historiography Providence Technical History Butterfield's Critique of Interpretations The Three Ways or Levels of History The Wiles Lectures Butterfield's Critique of Namier Challenges and Resolutions Conclusions Notes Works by Herbert Butterfield General Bibliography Index
Pressestimmen
'...intensely relevant to reflection about the historical discipline and the humanities in general... It deftly handles the twists and turns in Butterfield's emerging overall conception' - Professor Harry Van Dyke, Redeemer University College, Ontario, Canada