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The Landscape of History; How Historians Map the Past

ISBN: 9780195171570 | 0195171578
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/8/2004

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides asearching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today. Gaddis points out that while the historical method is more sophisticated than most historians realize, it doesn't require unint... MORE
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Prefaceix
ONE The Landscape of Historyi
TWO Time and Space17(18)
THREE Structure and Process35(18)
FOUR The Interdependency of Variables53(18)
FIVE Chaos and Complexity71(20)
SIX Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals91(20)
SEVEN Molecules with Minds of Their Own111(18)
EIGHT Seeing Like a Historian129(24)
Notes153(30)
Index183

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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