Writing History: Theory & Practice

by Stefan Berger (Editor), Heiko Feldner (Editor), Kevin Passmore (Editor)

Designed to provide the material necessary for general courses in historiography, this extensive history thoughtfully analyzes the evolution of “traditional” approaches to the field, the challenge of the “linguistic turn,” and the contemporary perspectives that inform our current understandings.
Stefan Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester, UK Heiko Feldner is Lecturer of Modern German History at Cardiff University, UK Kevin Passmore is Lecturer of History at Cardiff University, UK Designed to provide the material necessary for general courses in historiography, this extensive history thoughtfully analyzes the evolution of “traditional” approaches to the field, the challenge of the “linguistic turn,” and the contemporary perspectives that inform our current understandings.

Designed to provide the material necessary for general courses in historiography, this extensive history thoughtfully analyzes the evolution of “traditional” approaches to the field, the challenge of the “linguistic turn,” and the contemporary perspectives that inform our current understandings.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 2003

About the author

Stefan Berger is a Professor of Social History at the Ruhr University Bochum. He specializes in nationalism and national identity studies, historiography and historical theory, comparative labour studies, and the history of industrial heritage.

Reviews

[Beele · Rating 4 out of 5]

i had more to say about this, however, upon reading the biographies of the authors, no I do not

[Jeanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

While some chapters were better than others, the bad outweigh the good by a landslide. This isn’t a bad book in content per say but I found the execution of the information in numerous chapters to be lacking as a student.

[versarbre · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first section "Rankeanism and the professionalization of history"is particularly helpful. Skimmed over the rest. Religion is simply lacking in the selection of topics. What a surprise!

"historians never achieved a monopoly over their field: the matter of imparting knowledge of the past. Bur wherever the professionalization project succeeded, it entailed a shift in the balance of the power to interpret the past. Authority was inextricably linked To historians' claims to objectivity. "Peter Lambert 43

[sj]

i’ve read this so much this year that i’ve decided it’s basically been cover to cover at this point