The landscape of history : how historians map the past / John Lewis Gaddis
By: Gaddis, John Lewis.
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2002Description: xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0195066529; 9780195066524; 0195171578; 9780195171570.Subject(s): History -- Philosophy | History -- Methodology | Aesthetics -- HistoryDDC classification: 900 | 901 Review: "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
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"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
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