Gaddis, John Lewis
The landscape of history : how historians map the past / John Lewis Gaddis - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2002 - xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history an art or science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and many other questions in this witty, engaging, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today."--Jacket
0195066529 9780195066524 0195171578 9780195171570
Blackwells
2002010392
History--Philosophy
History--Methodology
Aesthetics--History
D16.8 / .G23 2002
900 901
The landscape of history : how historians map the past / John Lewis Gaddis - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2002 - xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history an art or science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and many other questions in this witty, engaging, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today."--Jacket
0195066529 9780195066524 0195171578 9780195171570
Blackwells
2002010392
History--Philosophy
History--Methodology
Aesthetics--History
D16.8 / .G23 2002
900 901