'Adam Budd's new historiography reader is an imaginative collection of important statements,from Western authors of the past three centuries, about the past: what it is, how to study it,and how it should be ' or whether it actually can be ' accurately represented ... An excellentpotential teaching tool as well as a book from which those working in various branches ofhistoriography will profit.' -- Daniel Woolf, General Editor, The Oxford History of Historical Writing 'An expert and well-conceived collection, presenting the major issues in historiography overthe past three centuries. The editor's introductions provide clear and very useful guidance forstudents and instructors alike. Because the selections represent a wide variety of importanthistoriographical arguments, the work as a whole will become the standard reader forsurveying historical theory and practice in the West. It is simply excellent.' -- Bonnie Smith, Rutgers University, USA