Format:
xxiv, 296 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
020381665X
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0415573319
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0415573327
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9780203816653
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9780415573313
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9780415573320
Series Statement:
Routledge key guides
Content:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content:
Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography introduces some of the most important texts ever written by those who have sought to understand, capture, query and interpret the past. The works covered include texts from ancient times to the present day and from different cultural traditions ensuring a wide variety of schools, methods and ideas are introduced
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Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Greece; 1. The Persian Wars (Herodotus, ca. 484-ca. 424 B.C.); 2. History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides, ca. 460-ca. 395 B.C.); Section Notes; Rome; 3. Lives of the Caesars (Gaius Suetonius Tranqullus, ca. 69-ca. 140); 4.The Jugurthine War (Sallust, 86-34 B.C.); Section Notes; Judaism and christianity; 5. The Jewish War (Flavius Josephus, A.D. 37-ca. 100); 6.The City of God (Augustine of Hippo,A.D. 354-430); Section notes; Byzantium; 7.Secret History (Procopius, ca. 500-ca. 554)
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Section NotesIslam; 8.The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin (Baha' al-DinIbn Shaddad, 1145-1235); Section Notes; Medieval Europe; 9.The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Anonymous,early Christian Era to 1154); 10.The Life of Saint Louis (Jean de Joinville,1225-1317); Section Notes; Renaissance Europe; 11.Discourse on the Forgery of the Alleged Donation ofConstantine (Lorenzo Valla, 1406-1457); 12.Method for the Easy Comprehension of History(Jean Bodin, 1530-1596); Section Notes; Reformation Europe; 13.Historical and Critical Dictionary (Pierre Bayle,1647-1706)
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14.On diplomatics (Jean Mabillon, 1632-1707)Section Notes; Eighteenth-Century Europe; 15.The Age of Louis XIV (Voltaire, or Françoise-MarieArouet, 1694-1778); 16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794); 17.Reflections on the Philosophy of theHistory of Mankind (Johann Gottfried Herder,1744-1803); Section Notes; Nineteenth-Century Europe; 18.History of the Popes, their Church and State (Leopoldvon Ranke, 1795-1886); 19.Mohammed and Charlemagne (Henri Pirenne,1862-1935); 20.Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy(Jacob Burckhardt, 1818-1897)
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21.Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh(Austen Henry Layard, 1817-1894)22.History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit ofRationalism in Europe (William Lecky, 1838-1903); 23. The Life of Jesus Critically Examined (David Friedrich Strauss, 1808-1874); 24.Inaugural Lecture on the study of history(John Dalberg-Acton, 1834-1902); 25. The Provinces of the Roman Empire from Caesar to Diocletian (Theodor Mommsen, 1817-1903); Section Notes; China; 26. Tai Chen on Mencius: Explorations in Words and Meanings (Tai Chen, 1724-1777)
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27. Traditional Government in Imperial China: A CriticalAnalysis (Ch'ien Mu, 1895-1990)Section Notes; Japan; 28. An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (Fukuzawa Yukichi,1835-1901); 29. The Culture of the Meiji Era (Irokawa Daikichi, 1925-); Section Notes; India; 30. Culture, Ideology, Hegemony: Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India (k. n. panikkar, 1936-); 31. Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India(Ranajit Guha, 1922-); Africa; 32. The African Experience (Vincent Khapoya, 1944-)
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33. Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africaand the Diaspora since 1787 (Hakim Adi and MarikaSherwood)
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Greece. The Persian Wars (Herodotus, ca. 484-ca. 424 B.C.)History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides, ca. 460-ca. 395 B.C.) -- Rome. Lives of the Caesars (Gaius Suetonius Tranqullus, ca. 69-ca. 140) -- The Jugurthine War (Sallust, 86-34 B.C.) -- Judaism and Christianity. The Jewish War (Flavius Josephus, A.D. 37-ca. 100) -- The City of God (Augustine of Hippo, A.D. 354-430) -- Byzantium. Secret history (Procopius, ca. 500-ca. 554) -- Islam. The rare and excellent history of Saladin (Bahaʼ al-Din Ibn Shaddad, 1145-1235) -- Medieval Europe. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (anonymous, early Christian era to 1154) -- The life of Saint Louis (Jean de Joinville, 1225-1317) -- Renaissance Europe. Discourse on the forgery of the alleged donation of Constantine (Lorenzo Valla, 1406-1457) -- Method for the easy comprehension of history (Jean Bodin, 1530-1596) -- Reformation Europe. Historical and critical dictionary (Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706) -- On diplomatics (Jean Mabillon, 1632-1707) -- Eighteenth-century Europe. The age of Louis XIV (Voltaire, or Françoise-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) -- The decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794) -- Reflections on the philosophy of the history of mankind (Johann Gottfried Herder, 1744-1803) -- Nineteenth-century Europe. History of the popes, their church and state (Leopold von Ranke, 1795-1886) -- Mohammed and Charlemagne (Henri Pirenne, 1862-1935) -- Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Jacob Burckhardt, 1818-1897) -- Popular account of discoveries at Nineveh (Austen Henry Layard, 1817-1894) -- History of the rise and influence of the spirit of rationalism in Europe (William Lecky, 1838-1903) -- The life of Jesus critically examined (David Friedrich Strauss, 1808-1874) -- Inaugural lecture on the study of history (John Dalberg-Acton, 1834-1902) -- The provinces of the Roman Empire from Caesar to Diocletian (Theodor Mommsen, 1817-1903) -- China. Tai Chen on Mencius: explorations in words and meanings (Tai Chen, 1724-1777) -- Traditional government in imperial China: a critical analysis (Chʼien Mu, 1895-1990) -- Japan. An outline of a theory of civilization (Fukuzawa Yukichi, 1835-1901) -- The culture of the Meiji Era (Irokawa Daikichi, 1925-) -- India. Culture, ideology, hegemony: intellectuals and social consciousness in colonial India (K. N. Panikkar, 1936-) -- Elementary aspects of peasant insurgency in colonial India (Ranajit Guha, 1922-) -- Africa. The African experience (Vincent Khapoya, 1944-) -- Pan-African history: political figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787 (Hakim Adi and Marika Sherwood) -- Twentieth-century Europe and America. The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism (Max Weber, 1864-1920) -- The great chain of being: a study of the history of an idea (Arthur O. Lovejoy, 1873-1962) -- Technics and civilization (Lewis Mumford, 1895-1990) -- Religion and the decline of magic: studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth- and seventeenth century England (Keith Thomas, 1933-) -- The heavenly city of the eighteenth century philosophers (Carl Lotus Becker, 1873-1945) -- The grand titration: science and society in East and West (Joseph Needham, 1900-1995) -- The majority finds its past: placing women in history (Gerda Lerner, 1920-) -- The American political tradition and the men who made it (Richard Hofstadter, 1916-1970) -- Inventing human rights: a history (Lynn Hunt) -- The hour of our death (Philippe Ariès, 1914-1984) -- Intellectual origins of the English Revolution (Christopher Hill, 1912-2003) -- From slavery to freedom: a history of African Americans (John Hope Franklin, 1915-2009) -- Orientalism: Western conceptions of the Orient (Edward W. Said, 1935-2003) -- The history of sexuality, volume 1: an introduction (Michel Foucault, 1926-1984) -- Young Man Luther: a study in psychoanalysis and history (Erik H. Erikson, 1902-1994) -- Metahistory: the historical imagination in nineteenth-century Europe (Hayden White, 1928-) -- The world of Odysseus (M. I. Finley, 1912-1986).
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