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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAnyone who is concerned about the future of democracy should read this brisk, accessible book. Anyone who is not concerned should definitely read it. -- Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations FailHow Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt is a useful primer on the importance of norms, institutional restraints and civic participation in maintaining a democracy - and how quickly those things can erode when we're not paying attention * President Barack Obama *With great energy and integrity [Levitsky and Ziblatt] apply their expertise to the current problems of the United States. -- Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyWe owe the authors a debt of thanks for bringing their deep understanding to bear on the central political issue of the day. -- Francis Fukuyama, author of Political Order and Political DecayWhat's the worst thing to happen to US democracy recently? Most answers to that question start and end with Donald Trump. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, though as horrified by Trump as anyone, try to take a wider view. This book looks to history to provide a guide for defending democratic norms when they are under threat, and finds that it is possible to fight back. Provocative and readable. -- David Runciman * The Guardian *There are two must-read books about the Trump presidency at the moment. This is the one you probably haven't heard of. It is also the one that is most useful to British readers. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are anti-Donald Trump politics professors at Harvard. And the big advantage of political scientists over even the shrewdest and luckiest of eavesdropping journalists is that they have the training to give us a bigger picture.They set out some rules about the slow, internal collapse of democracies, which are entirely relevant to Britain... * The Times *The greatest of the many merits of Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt's contribution to what will doubtless be the ballooning discipline of democracy death studies is their rejection of western exceptionalism. They tell inspiring stories I had not heard before...excellent, scholarly and readable, alarming and level-headed. * The Guardian *The political-science text in vogue this winter is How Democracies Die. * The New Yorker *[An] important new book. * New York Times *Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies have collapsed elsewhere-not just through violent coups, but more commonly (and insidiously) through a gradual slide into authoritarianism.... How Democracies Die is a lucid and essential guide to what can happen here. * New York Times *We're already awash in public indignation-what we desperately need is a sober, dispassionate look at the current state of affairs. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, two of the most respected scholars in the field of democracy studies, offer just that. * The Washington Post *Grander, more didactic ambitions underpin "How Democracies Die" ... a more scholarly approach * The Economist *The most thought-provoking book comparing democratic crises in different nations * New York Review of Books *The most important book of the Trump era was not Bob Woodward's Fear or Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury or any of the other bestselling exposés of the White House circus. Arguably it was a wonkish tome by two Harvard political scientists, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, published a year into Donald Trump's presidency and entitled How Democracies Die * The Economist *

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Book SynopsisExam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Maximise your chance of coursework success; this AQA A-level History Workbook breaks the non-examined assessment down into manageable steps, builds the required skills and tracks students' progress at every stage.Based on analysis of real students' submissions and the challenges they faced, this coursework companion will:- Guide you step by step through the process, from choosing a topic to conducting research, constructing an argument and submitting the final work- Improve critical thinking, reading and writing skills with activities that involve finding, analysing and evaluating sources and interpretations, plus activities that help students answer the question effectively- Enable students to work independently, using the Workbook to structure their thinking, record their progress and review their coursework against model paragraphs and a self-assessment checklist- Ensure that you understand the demands of the specification, providing a simplified mark scheme and targeted advice from authors with first-hand experience of marking AQA A-level coursework- Boost confidence and performance not only in coursework but also exams, as students can apply the skills developed throughout the project to examination questions

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Book SynopsisA LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. A GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY. With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. And with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty. The End of History and the Last Man was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century would look like. Boldly outlining the challenges and problems to face modern liberal democracies, Francis Fukuyama examined what had just happened and predicted what was coming next. Now updated with a new afterword, Fukuyama shows how the central issue today remains the same. Have any political and economic models arisen that could challenge liberal democracy as the best way of organizing human societies? He remains unconvinced. Tackling religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes and war, The End of History anTrade ReviewAwesome . . . a landmark . . . profoundly realistic and important . . . supremely timely and cogent * Washington Post *Clearly written, immensely ambitious * New York Times *Clever, important, teeming with original ideas * Mail on Sunday *We are indebted to Fukuyama for such an ambitious work of political philosophy * Foreign Affairs *

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Book SynopsisThe Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography,Trade Review"Ibn Khaldun, the great 14th-century Arab scholar, is the most authoritative and most beguiling of Arabic polymaths... His learning and ideas have an astonishingly modern relevance. His encyclopaedic work is a wonderfully readable mixture of history, sociology, ethnography, economics, science, art, literature, cookery, and medicine."--Iain Finlayson, Times "[The] most remarkable book written during the entire Middle Ages, one of the great intellectual achievements of all time."--Virginia Quarterly Review From review of Princeton's original edition: "[N. J. Dawood] has, by skillful abridgement and deft but unobtrusive editing, produced an attractive and manageable volume, which should make the essential ideas of Ibn Khaldun accessible to a wide circle of readers."--Times Literary Supplement From review of Princeton's original edition: "Undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever been created by any mind in any time or place ... the most comprehensive and illuminating analysis of how human affairs work that has been made anywhere."--Arnold J. Toynbee, Observer

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Book SynopsisSunday Times Smart Thinking Book of the Year 2022 New York Times Bestseller WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, The Times, Esquire, Prospect''When one of the world''s leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention. This is an important book'' Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies DieCivil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them.We are now living in the world''s greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined worldwide, major civil wars are now being fought in countries including Iraq, Syria and Libya, and smaller civil wars are being fought in India and Malaysia. Even countries we thought could never experience another civil war - such as the USA, Sweden and Ireland - are showing signs of unrest. So how can we stop them?In How Civil Wars Start, acclaimed expert Professor Barbara F. Walter, who has advised on political violence everywhere from the CIA to the U.S. Senate to the United Nations, explains the rise of civil wars and the conditions that create them - not least when countries are not quite democratic. As democracies across the world backslide and citizens become more polarised, civil wars will become even more widespread and last longer than they have in the past - but this urgent and important book shows us a path back toward peace.Trade ReviewWhen one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention . . . This is an important book -- Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies DieAn absorbing guide ... this book performs a valuable service * Sunday Times *How Civil Wars Start is a stop sign for us. What an imperative book for our time. Read and act -- Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an AntiracistA bracing manual . . . . Indispensable -- Financial TimesLike those who spoke up clearly about the dangers of global warming decades ago, Walter delivers a grave message that we ignore at our peril -- David Remnick * The New Yorker *Polemical and essential -- James A. Robinson, co-author of Why Nations FailA vivid, compelling book on a globally vital issue. Timely, important and original -- Professor Richard English, author of Does Terrorism Work? A HistoryBarbara F. Walter has drawn on decades of experience and unparalleled expertise to write a powerful and indispensable book. How Civil Wars Start brilliantly illuminates the history of civil wars and the profound dangers to our union today, serving as both a warning about the stakes in our politics and a call to action for those who want to preserve multiethnic democracy and the values that America is supposed to stand for -- Ben Rhodes, author of After the Fall

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Book SynopsisThe acclaimed account of the English people, now updated with two new chapters'Masterful, an enormously readable narrative of the English people from the Anglo-Saxons to the present' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people, and of how the stories they have told about themselves have shaped them, from the prehistoric 'dreamtime' through to the present day.'As ambitious as it is successful . . . Packed with telling detail and told with gentle, sardonic wit, a vast and delightful book' Ben MacIntyre, The Times, Books of the Year'A stupendous achievement ... a story of a people we can't fail to recognize: stoical, brave, drunken, bloody-minded, violent, undeferential, yet paradoxically law-abiding ... I found myself gripped' Daniel Hannan, Spectator'Original and enormously readable, this brilliant, hugely engaging work has a sly wit and insouciance that are of themselves rather English' Sinclair MacKay, Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisA hands-on study skills guide that explores how film and moving image can be used as sources.Trade Review‘Using Film as a Source is a true research guide. It will succeed in familiarizing students new to the medium film with its characteristics, and can also inspire those already pursuing film studies to understand film as more than a text. Most importantly, Barber’s direct style of writing and the structure of the book can convince that the at times challenging or even intimidating project of conducting genuine research is not only manageable but also exciting.’Maraike M. Marxsen, Hamburg University, HJFRT Vol 36, No 4‘Using Film as a Source offers a concise summary for those wanting an intelligent and intelligible general introduction to the use of film as a scholarly resource, while also acting as a jumping-off point for those wanting to delve deeper.’Richard Farmer, University of East Anglia, Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 14 Issue 2 -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Film and history 3. Film form and aesthetics 4. Film historiography 5. Formulating research questions 6. Theory and methodology 7. Resources 8. Using sources 9. Writing up your findingsBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSocial upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this study by Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. In print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture is of society sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos.

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Book SynopsisAn intriguing portrait of Roger Scruton and his philosophy, with a new Preface and updated Bibliography of Scruton''s many literary works over the years.Roger Scruton was one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. Why then was he at best ignored and at worst reviled? In this intriguing portrait Mark Dooley brilliantly illuminates Scruton's life and offers careful analysis of his work. Considering how Scruton's conservative instinct was sharpened during the Paris riots of 1968, Dooley explores why Scruton set himself the task of stridently opposing what he termed the culture of repudiation' and how he accomplished it.Covering Scruton's centrals ideas, such as his view of human nature, opposition of the social contract theory and criticisms of the European Union and United Nationals, Dooley argues that he was a prophet for our times the one British intellectual who courageously rowed against the tide of liberal conviction and arr

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Book SynopsisOne of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian Kershaw''s new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to understand these rulers, whether operating on the widest stage (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini) or with a more national impact (Tito, Franco). What was it about these leaders and the times they lived in that allowed them such untrammelled and murderous power? And what brought that era to an end? In a contrasting group of profiles, from Churchill to de Gaulle, Adenauer to Gorbachev, and Thatcher to Kohl, Kershaw uses his exTrade ReviewIlluminating ... an insightful series of essays about 12 exceptional leaders who stood at the centre of Europe's 20th century. -- Philip Stephens * Financial Times *Few historians are better qualified to answer these questions than Ian Kershaw ... As always, he proves a splendid miniaturist, expertly sketching personalities and philosophies in a few coolly judged lines ... If Kershaw's book has a contemporary lesson, it is that societies are probably happiest and healthiest when leaders matter least. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *Sir Ian Kershaw, the great (in both senses) biographer of Adolf Hitler, makes an important contribution to this debate ... persuasive and nuanced pen-portraits ... well-researched, well-written and thought-provoking. -- Andrew Roberts * Daily Telegraph *Lucid portraits of the leaders who shaped Europe's 20th century ... There is much to be admired in Kershaw's cogent and astute analysis. -- Orlando Figes * The Observer *

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Book SynopsisDeath and taxes are our inevitable fate. We''ve been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explores the role of tax in the formation of our global religions, the part tax played in wars and revolutions throughout the ages, why, at one stage, we paid tax for daylight or for growing a beard. Ranging from the despotic to the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we got to where we are today and what we can do to build a system fit for the future.Featured on Stepping up with Nigel Farage''An important book for investors in gold and bitcoin'' - Daniela Cambone, Stansberry Research''This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force!'' - Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything''In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress'' - Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs''Frisby''s historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right'' - Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee ''Fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes'' - Rt Hon Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of TradeTrade ReviewWith dazzling clarity, Frisby illuminates just how much of history is explained by arguments over tax, from Magna Carta to the American civil war to today's political debates. This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force * Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything *An engaging and informative trip through tax history that leads on to some radical suggestions for the future. A must-read for anyone thinking about how our tax system should be structured * Roger Bootle, author of The AI Economy *A real page-turner! Dominic Frisby's historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right. Both should read this book! * Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe, member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee *In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress. An absolute must-read for anyone who thinks higher taxes are the answer to our ills. Should be compulsory reading for anyone who aspires to high political office! * Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs *A fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes * Rt Hon Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade *It has been said that the income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. Dominic Frisby masterfully delves into the fascinating topic of taxation, vividly bringing it to life * Jon Matonis Monetary Economist *An utterly gripping account of the impact of taxes on the course of civilisation * Simon Evans, Comedian *A fantastic education on the surprising ways tax policies have shaped mankind's past and will impact our future * Roger Ver, Chairman, Bitcoin.com *A brilliant book full of insights into how governments have fleeced us down the ages. This is a must read for anyone interested in how technology might at last tilt things back in favour of the citizen rather than the state * Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton, Co-founder Vote Leave *How when and where we pay tax affects everything - how and where we work, how we save, when we retire, whether we marry or not, whether we live in houses we own or not and sometimes even how many children we have. Few of us think properly about the way this shapes our lives and societies. With this well-written and hugely engaging book Dominic Frisby might be about to change that * Merryn Somerset Webb, Editor in chief of Moneyweek *A great read * George Galloway, former Member of Parliament, broadcaster and bestselling author of I'm Not the Only One *Both amusing and informative, you'll come away with a much deeper understanding of what taxation is all about * Bill Bonner, bestselling author of Empire of Debt *Whether you think your taxes are fair or unfair, too high or too low, you need to read this book * Greg Moffitt, editor of New Thought *Highly readable * Luke Johnson, British entrepreneur and Sunday Times columnist *A hugely readable, well-researched book about the history, reality and future of tax, which can draw the occasional chuckle! Also an informative tome, which raises important questions about how and why governments are funded * James Roberts, Political Director at the TaxPayers’ Alliance *A book about tax, that is readable, fascinating - and fun! Sounds impossible, I know. But that's what Dominic Frisby has written * Liam Halligan, the Telegraph *This entertaining, easily read book will make you laugh and arm you for debates * Heather McGregor, Mrs Moneypenny, The Sunday Times *Frisby is a moonlighting phenomenon: a finance journalist by day and Edinburgh Fringe comedic star by night, he brings wit to the world of policy-wonkery in a way that is probably unique * Helen Dale, author of The Hand that Signed the Paper *Whatever your political leanings, you will find much to enjoy in this entertaining and educational romp through the history of taxation * Moneyweek *Please let's let Dominic Frisby loose on the Treasury! * Jamie Blackett, The Critic *a fascinating book...educational and fun. You will enjoy it! * Mish Talk, The Street *

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Book SynopsisDavid Eaton is Associate Professor of World and African history at Grand Valley State University, USA. He received his PhD from Dalhousie University in 2008, and co-hosts On Top of the World: A World History Podcast. His doctoral research focused on the history of cattle raiding along the Kenya-Uganda border, and he has published articles in several journals including Nomadic Peoples, World History Connected, and African Affairs.

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Book SynopsisIn these essays, about a quarter of them previously unpublished, Eric Hobsbawm reflects upon the theory, practice and development of history and its relevance to the modern world. These wide-ranging papers reflect Professor Hobsbawm''s lifelong concern with the relations between past, present and future. They deal, among many other subjects, with the problems of writing history, its abuses and the historian''s responsibilities; with the history of society and ''history from below''; with Marx and current historical trends or fashions; with Europe, the Russian Revolution and the descent into a world-wide barbarism that, increasing for most of the twentieth century, threatens to destroy the civilisation we have inherited from the European Enlightenment of the eighteenth century.These essays reveal a passionate belief in the importance of studying history, as well as displaying the incisive analysis, the breadth of allusion and the distinctive viewpoint for which this great hTrade ReviewEngaging...always instructive. THE OBSERVER Full of the author's characteristic merits ...authoritative and highly relevant. THE NEW STATESMAN Brilliant Sunday TIMES For sheer intelligence, Hobsbawm has no superior in the historical profession... On History is of great interest for the light it throws on one of the most powerful minds of our time. It should be read by anyone who cares how history should be written and why it matters. Guardian

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Book SynopsisThis inter-disciplinary volume explores the benefits of historical understanding in leading disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including economics, politics, international relations, sociology, philosophy, law, literature and anthropology, and shows how the relevance of historical approaches has changed and shifted over time.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Law and history, history and law Michael Lobban; 2. History, law, and the rediscovery of social theory Samuel Moyn; 3. The uses of history in the study of international politics Jennifer Pitts; 4. International relations theory and modern international order: the case of refugees Mira Siegelberg; 5. The Delphi syndrome: using history in the social sciences Stathis Kalyvas and Daniel Fedorowycz; 6. Power in narrative and narratives of power in historical sociology Hazem Kandil; 7. History and normativity in political theory: the case of Rawls Richard Bourke; 8. Political philosophy and the uses of history Quentin Skinner; 9. The relationship between philosophy and its history Susan James; 10. When reason does not see you: feminism at the intersection of history and philosophy Hannah Dawson; 11. On (lost and found) analytical history in political science Ira Katznelson; 12. Making history: poetry and prosopopoeia Cathy Shrank; 13. Reloading the British Romantic canon: the historical editing of literary texts Pamela Clemit; 14. Economics and history: analysing serfdom Sheilagh Ogilvie; 15. The return of depression economics: Paul Krugman and the 21st-century crisis of American democracy Adam Tooze; 16. Anthropology and the turn to history Joel Isaac.

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Book SynopsisWhy do some historical works, such as those of Herodotus or Gibbon, capture the imaginations of readers across generations? This study explores the power of these so-called 'classics', investigating the construction and consolidation of historical genres while innovatively examining the historiographical canon.

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Book SynopsisInterest in local history just continues to grow. For the professional and amateur alike, in the context of the local experience the past becomes real and immediate, as the stories of individuals, families and communities emerge from our research. And now more than ever, a wealth of primary and secondary source material is within everyone's reach. This invaluable book, written by one of our most eminent and experienced local historians, and now completely updated, provides clear, wise and always practical advice about the process of research and writing. It gives essential guidance on a wide range of key topics, including finding sources; transcribing, analysing and interpreting evidence; writing; historical perspectives and methods; and ways to present and publish the finished product. Using examples and exercises the author guides the reader through the whole process. Written with humour and understanding, and attractively illustrated, this book is an enjoyable and fascinating introduction to the subject, especially useful to those who enjoy local history but wish to write and possibly publish, and to students on local history courses who want authoritative guidance on the preparation of dissertations and theses.Table of ContentsIllustrations vi Abbreviations vii Glossary ix Preface xiii 1. Choosing a subject: theme, place and time 1 2. The search for sources 35 3. Transcribing 53 4. Analysing and assembling evidence 67 5. Creating an interpretation 79 6. The challenge of writing 85 7. Starting to write 93 8. Producing a final draft 111 9. Publishing 125 10. Recapitulation 137 11. Conclusions: the nature of local history 139 12. Further reading 169 Appendices 1. Published sources 175 2. Transcribing documents 182 3. Historical dating 185 4. Choosing words and framing sentences 186 5. Characteristics of historical language 188 6. Basic rules for referencing 190 7. Extracts of written history 199 Index 206

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Book SynopsisEdited by Niall Ferguson, Virtual History applies ''counterfactual'' arguments to decisive moments in modern history.What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War?What if Germany had invaded Britain in 1940?What if Nazi Germany had defeated the Soviet Union?How would England look if there had been no Cromwell?What if there had been no American Revolution?And what if John F. Kennedy had lived?In this acclaimed book, leading historians from Andrew Roberts to Michael Burleigh challenge the complacency of traditional accounts, exploring what might have been if nine of the most decisive moments in modern history had never happened.''Quite brilliant, inspiring for the layman and an enviable tour de force for the informed reader ... A wonderful book ... lucid, exciting and easy to read'' - Literary Review''Ferguson constructs an entire scenario starting with Charles I''s defeat of the Covenanters, running through three revolutions that did not happen and climaxing with the collapse of the West, ruled by an Anglo-American empire, in the face of a mighty transcontinental, tsarist Russian imperium ... A welcome, optimistic assault on an intellectual heresy'' - Sunday Times''A talented and imaginative team who tackle with counterfactual verve a series of turning points'' - Daily TelegraphTrade ReviewQuite brilliant, inspiring for the layman and an enviable tour de force for the informed reader ... A wonderful book ... lucid, exciting and easy to read * Literary Review *Ferguson constructs an entire scenario starting with Charles I's defeat of the Covenanters, running through three revolutions that did not happen and climaxing with the collapse of the West, ruled by an Anglo-American empire, in the face of a mighty transcontinental, tsarist Russian imperium ... A welcome, optimistic assault on an intellectual heresy * Sunday Times *A talented and imaginative team who tackle with counterfactual verve a series of turning points * Daily Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisConsuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation.In this second edition, Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and how new technologies from online game-playing to internet genealogy have brought about a shift in access to history, discussing the often conflicted relationship between public' and academic history and raising important questions about the theory and practice of history as a discipline. Fully revised throughout with up-to-date examples from sources such as Wolf Hall, Game of Thrones and 12 Years a Slave, this edition also includes new sections on the historical novel, gaming, social media and genealogy. It conTrade Review"De Groot provides all students and practitioners of history with a fascinating overview of the diverse ways in which history is used by societies, and a nuanced understanding of both the rewards and challenges involved with representing the past to the public… The author’s intellectual engagement with these topics is untouched by other publications."Michael F. Dove, University of Western Ontario, Canada"This is the only book that seriously addresses the relationship between history and popular culture in Britain today, and does so in an engaging, thoughtful and accessible way… the range of coverage in Consuming History is excellent."Catherine Fletcher, University of Sheffield, UK"This empirically rich, well-documented book surveys an impressively wide range of topics that the author divides into six often overlapping categories. De Groot (Univ. of Manchester, UK) concentrates heavily on the British experience and, in this second edition of a book first published in 2009, offers new topics, updated examples, and revised analyses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."D. L. LeMahieu, Lake Forest College, USA, CHOICE Reviews"De Groot provides all students and practitioners of history with a fascinating overview of the diverse ways in which history is used by societies, and a nuanced understanding of both the rewards and challenges involved with representing the past to the public… The author’s intellectual engagement with these topics is untouched by other publications."Michael F. Dove, University of Western Ontario, Canada"This is the only book that seriously addresses the relationship between history and popular culture in Britain today, and does so in an engaging, thoughtful and accessible way… the range of coverage in Consuming History is excellent."Catherine Fletcher, University of Sheffield, UK"This empirically rich, well-documented book surveys an impressively wide range of topics that the author divides into six often overlapping categories. De Groot (Univ. of Manchester, UK) concentrates heavily on the British experience and, in this second edition of a book first published in 2009, offers new topics, updated examples, and revised analyses. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."D. L. LeMahieu, Lake Forest College, USA, CHOICE ReviewsTable of ContentsList of figures. Acknowledgements. Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction. Part 1: The Popular Historian 1. The public historian, the historian in public. 2. Popular history in print. 3. The historian in popular culture. Part 2: Digital History 4. Genealogy and family history. 5. History online. Part 3: Performing and playing history. 6. Historical re-enactment. 7. Performing pastness, recycling culture and cultural re-enactment. 8. History games. Part 4: History on Television. 9. Contemporary historical documentary. 10. Reality, professional reality, celebrity and object history. 11. History on television around the world. Part 5: The ‘historical’ as cultural genre. 12. Historical television: Adaptation, original drama, comedy and time-travel. 13. Historical Film 14. Imagined histories: Novels, plays and comics. Part 6: Material Histories. 15. The everyday historical: local history, antiques, metal detecting. 16. Museums, tourism, gift shops and the historical experience. Conclusions. Index.

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Book SynopsisEssential Skills for Historians helps undergraduate students make the transition from general university study to a more in-depth study of history, and to gain the skills and techniques they need to conduct an independent research project or embark on a career as a professional historian. The book begins with an examination of the historical discipline and its relevance to contemporary culture. It then guides readers through the steps of developing a research project, using two sample projects that illustrate the connections between core proficiencies such as critical thinking and effective time management, and professional proficiencies such as source criticism and historical interpretation. By following these source projects as they develop, the book also highlights the importance of sound historical practice and a critical understanding of the past in contemporary society. Finally, the book discusses the outcomes of historical research and reveals the wide array ofTrade ReviewA clearly-written guide that will help students in history courses at every level develop the overlapping skills they need to tackle research projects small and large. With practical exercises that build historical habits of mind by providing students the opportunity to immediately apply what they have learned, from conceptualization to finished product. The lively personal voice and descriptions of the authors’ own experiences lessen the distance between beginning researchers and veteran historians, demystifying the process of research and helping students gain confidence as producers of history in the classroom and the larger community beyond. * Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *This primer provides a nuts-and-bolts, step-by-step guide to students of what history is, how we study it, and how they can write it. It is also inspirational, showing why we should be enthusiastic about historical writing and the great value of studying history. Students and instructors will not only benefit from this book, but will be excited to read it; it truly is essential to our field. * Thomas Zeiler, Professor of Diplomatic History, University of Colorado Boulder, USA *A really informative book that will provide both students and researchers with the basic and advanced skills required to successfully research the past. * Ian Miller, Ulster University, UK *Table of ContentsPART I: Encountering the Past 1. History as a Discipline 2. From Critical Thinking to Historical Thinking PART II: Exploring the Past 3. Designing a Project 4. Information Literacy and Research Strategies 5. Using Active Reading Skills for Effective Source Criticism 6. Numbers, Narratives, and Other “Texts” 7. Effective Writing and Historical Arguments 8. From Academic Integrity to Professional Ethics PART III: The Uses of the Past 9. Outcomes of Historical Research 10. History as a Career Further Reading and Resources Index

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Book SynopsisThe Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies.Trade ReviewThe book will interest scholars from an array of disciplines... Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsEditor's NotePrefaceEditor's IntroductionAcknowledgments1. Collingwood and Toynbee: Transitions in English Historical Thought2. Religion, Culture, and Western Civilization in Christopher Dawson's Idea of History3. The Abiding Relevance of Croce's Idea of History4. Romanticism, Historicism, and Realism: Toward a Period Concept for Early Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History5. The Tasks of Intellectual History6. The Culture of Criticism: Gombrich, Auerbach, Popper7. The Structure of Historical Narrative8. What Is a Historical System?9. The Politics of Contemporary Philosophy of History10. The Problem of Change in Literary History11. The Problem of Style in Realistic Representation: Marx and Flaubert12. The Discourse of History13. Vico and Structuralist/Poststructuralist Thought14. The Interpretation of Texts15. Historical Pluralism and Pantextualism16. The "Nineteenth Century" as Chronotope17. Ideology and Counterideology in Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism18. Writing in the Middle Voice19. Northrop Frye's Place in Contemporary Cultural Studies20. Storytelling: Historical and Ideological21. The Suppression of Rhetoric in the Nineteenth Century22. Postmodernism and Textual Anxieties23. Guilty of History? The longue durée of Paul RicoeurNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Logics of History, he reveals the shape such an engagement could take, some of the topics it could illuminate, and how it might affect both sides of the disciplinary divide.Trade Review"Logics of History initiates dialogue between historians and social scientists about social theory and shows historians that they have important contributions to make to current theoretical discussions. Written by one of the most influential and widely respected historians today, it is a book that will make the intellectual history of our times." - Michele Lamont, Harvard University"

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Book SynopsisCollins Key Stage 3 History is an exciting and accessible new series focused on ensuring that all pupils make clear, measurable progression at Key Stage 3 whether it is a 2 or a 3 year course.Collins Key Stage 3 History is a brand new series, ideal for building key historical and functional skills. Featuring differentiated pupil books with ready-made APP opportunities this flexible package will get your students excited about history.Grab pupils' attention with engaging content that builds key historical skills and helps students to understand the links between events, time periods and locationsSave time with resources to support your teaching of a 2 or 3 year course, fully matched to the 2008 Key Stage 3 Programme of StudyCover each assessment Focus in a meaningful and accessible way - using this flexible package as a series of one off lessons ot as a longer programmeReady made APP opportunities are included to help you gather and review evidence of pupils' progress in each Assessmen

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the past, present, and future of sensory history.Trade Review“Mark M. Smith’s masterful command of sensory history is everywhere on display in this timely, insightful manifesto. Small in size but capacious in scope, this agenda-setting examination of the ‘state of the field’ surveys a wide range of historical work on the senses while identifying new directions for future scholarship. Conveying complex ideas with enviable simplicity, A Sensory History Manifesto is both an essential guide to the field and a compelling argument for its transformation.”—Peter Denney,coeditor of Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700–1850“A Sensory History Manifesto is an impressively wide-ranging synthesis of some of the key developments in the field, covering the entire globe and all periods from antiquity to the present. It offers many excellent ideas for future interdisciplinary research, including engaging more fully with emerging animal–human interaction studies and with the hard sciences.”—Tim Lockley,author of Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795-1874“The field of sensory history is ready for a book like this, and Smith is the historian to write it. It is a model of keen insight and good advice.”—Andrew J. Rotter American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisProvides strategies for incorporating sports into any US history curriculum. Drawing on their own classroom experiences, the authors suggest creative ways to use sports as a lens to examine a broad range of historical subjects, including Puritan culture, the rise of Jim Crow, the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the women’s movement.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Using Sports History to Teach American History Brad Austin and Pamela Grundy Part One: Modernization and Globalization Organized, Team, Sport: Teaching a Powerful American Idea Marc Horger Teaching Sports Scandals Chris Elzey “Ambassadors in Short Pants”: Sport and the Cold Warriors Rita Liberti The Shifting Geography of Professional Sports Brad Austin The Globalization of American Sport Lars Dzikus and Adam Love Part Two: Gender and Sexuality Issues of Sexuality in Sport Sarah K. Fields The Shaping of “Women’s Sport” Pamela Grundy Teaching Sports and Women’s History through “The Babe” Susan E. Cayleff Black Women Face Obstacles and Opportunities Pamela Grundy and Rita Liberti Title IX: Contested Terrain Bobbi A. Knapp Part Three: Race and Ethnicity Jim Crow at Play Pamela Grundy Race and Rebellion in the Progressive Era Matthew Andrews Teaching Black College Athletics: Challenges and Opportunities Derrick E. White Sports, Civil Rights, and Black Power Lauren Morimoto Diverse Experiences of Latino/a Athletes and Their Role in U.S. Sport History Jorge Iber What’s in a Name? Teaching the History of American Indian Mascots Andrew Frank Part Four: Case Studies Colonial Sporting Cultures Brad Austin Baseball and American Exceptionalism Leslie Heaphy NASCAR 101: Moonshine, Fast Cars, and Southern Working-Class Agency Daniel Pierce The Political Olympics Derek Charles Catsam Lights, Camera, Action: Teaching American Sport through Film Ron Briley Resources and Suggestions Brad Austin and Pamela Grundy Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisEarly Modern Knowledge Societies as Affective Economies researches the development of knowledge economies in Early Modern Europe. Starting with the Southern and Northern Netherlands as important early hubs for marketing knowledge, it analyses knowledge economies in the dynamics of a globalizing world.The book brings together scholars and perspectives from history, art history, material culture, book history, history of science and literature to analyse the relationship between knowledge and markets. How did knowledge grow into a marketable product? What knowledge about markets was available in this period, and how did it develop? By connecting these questions the authors show how knowledge markets operated, not only economically but also culturally, through communication and affect. Knowledge societies are analysed as affective communities, spaces and practices. Compelling case studies describe the role of emotions such as hope, ambition, desire, love, fascination, aTable of ContentsIntroduction: knowledge - market - affect: knowledge societies as affective economies Part 1: Wish economies and affective communities 1. Knowing the market: Hans Fugger’s affective economies 2. Pennetrek: Sir Balthazar Gerbier (1592-1663) and the calligraphic aesthetics of commercial empire 3. Affective projecting: mining and inland navigation in Braunschweig-Lüneburg 4. The secret of Amsterdam: politics, alchemy and the commodification of knowledge in the 17th century 5. Liefhebberij: a market sensibility 6. The shaping of young consumers in early modern book-objects: managing affects and markets by books for youths Part 2: Marketing and managing knowledge and affects 7. Marketing arctic knowledge: observation, publication, and affect in the 1630s 8. Coordination in early modern Dutch book markets: ‘always something new’ 9. The spectacle of dissection. early modern theatricality and anatomical frenzy 10. Rubbed, pricked, and boiled: coins as objects of inquiry in the Dutch Republic 11. The Amsterdam stock exchange as affective economy

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Book SynopsisCarnival has been described as one of the foundational elements of European culture, bearing an emblematic and iconic status as the festive phenomenon par excellence. Its origins are partly obscure, but its stratified and complex history, rich symbolic diversity, and sundry social configurations make it an exceptional object of cultural analysis. The product of more than 12 years of research, this book is the first comparative historical anthropology of popular European Carnival in the English language, with a focus on its symbolic, religious, and political dimensions and transformations throughout the centuries. It builds on a variety of theories of social change and social structures, questioning existing assumptions about what folklore is and how cultural gaps and differences take shape and reproduce through ritual forms of collective action. It also challenges recent interpretations about the performative and political dimension of European festive culture, especiaTable of Contents1. A Theory of Popular Culture from the South 2. A Critical Model of European Carnival 3. The Elusive Origins of Carnival 4. Ritual Inversions, Cultural Hegemony, and the Structure of the Conjuncture

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Book SynopsisUsing examples from Indigenous community oral history projects throughout Canada and the United States, this new edition is informed by best practices to show how oral history can be done in different contexts.The Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States, the expanded second edition of The American Indian Oral History Manual (2008), contains information about selected Indigenous oral histories, legal and ethical issues, project planning considerations, choosing recording equipment and budgeting, planning and carrying out interviews in various settings, stewardship of project materials, and ways Indigenous communities use oral histories. A centerpiece of the book is a collection of oral history project profiles from Canada and the United States that illustrate the range of possibilities that people interested in Indigenous oral history might pursue. It emphasizes the importance of community engagement and adhering to appropriate local protocols and ethical standards, inviting readers to understand that oral history work can take various forms with people whose cultural heritage has always relied on oral transmission of knowledge.The book is ideal for students, scholars, and Indigenous communities who seek to engage ethically with tribal and First Nations, MÃtis, and Inuit communities in oral history work that meets community needs.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface – Second Edition Acknowledgements – Second EditionIntroduction – Second EditionMemorial Statement – Charles E. TrimbleIntroduction – First EditionChapter One: Indigenous Oral HistoryChapter Two: Legal and Ethical IssuesChapter Three: Planning an Indigenous Oral History ProjectChapter Four: Equipment and Funding Project ProfilesChapter Five: Interview PreparationChapter Six: The Interview(s)Chapter Seven: StewardshipChapter Eight: Using Indigenous Oral InformationAppendix A – Indigenous Oral History Consent and Release FormsAppendix B – Indigenous Oral History Project Management FormsSelected SourcesIndexAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisSays that even in the darkest and crassest times liberty trembles in the lines of poets and affirms itself in the pages of thinkers and burns, solitary and magnificent, in some men who cannot be assimilated by the world around them.

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Book SynopsisThis Element explores four meanings of 'contemporary,' emphasizing its designation as a historical field. It argues that disagreements about when the contemporary era begins stem from historians assuming a linear, chronological, and absolute conception of time. It enriches our understanding of the concept of the 'present' in the context of history.

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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth analysis of archival methodologies in the writing of global history, focused on a Japanese migrant steamship in the 1880s-90s. Tracing the ship's journeys between Japan, Hawai'i, Southeast Asia and Australia, Martin Dusinberre analyses labour migration, settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Asia-Pacific world.Trade Review'Martin Dusinberre challenges us to engage critically with the idea of a 'global archive' in writing global history in this fascinating study of the 'Yamashiro-maru', a Japanese steamship which transported Japanese migrants in the Pacific Ocean. This is an innovative and thought-provoking book, sensitively written.' Naoko Shimazu, Yale-NUS College and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore'In this engaging study, Martin Dusinberre situates migrant Japanese plantation workers, sex workers, and others in relation to imperialism, extractive capitalism, and formations of indigeneity in the Pacific. Challenging the epistemologies of the modern discipline of history, Dusinberre demonstrates how scholars might listen for other voices when assembling their archives.' David Ambaras, Professor of History, North Carolina State UniversityTable of ContentsNote on the Text; Preface; 1. Archival traps; 2. Between the archives; 3. Outside the archive; 4. Archival country, counter claims; 5. The archive and I; 6. The burned archive; Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisThis Element shows that existing models of global slavery derived from sociology rather than history. It argues that we can understand the global history of slavery in ways that historicise the study of history as an institution with a history that changes over time and space. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Models of slavery; 2. New ways of writing the history of slavery; 3. Lived experience; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on various manifestations of history in public spaces: in the physical ones of various historical times and geographical places, as well as in the virtual world.It discusses how the spaces have been shaped and re-shaped, by whom and for what (not always laudable) purposes, and raises pragmatical and ethical questions for both research and practical activities in the field. By combining both micro and global perspectives, the universal role that history plays in spaces created by and for, as well as the factors determining its usages, is revealed. The authors are rooted in specific national contexts: Canadian or American, Ukrainian or Polish, British or Irish, German or Luxembourgish, Korean or Brazilian, and the case studies are varied including large cities and small towns, city centers, and godforsaken cemeteries, but the narratives built on these cases go beyond when they deal with issues such as decoding history and its meanings in public spaces, doing h

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Book SynopsisEmotional Labour in Oral History Research critically appraises the many complex ways in which emotion management features in oral history research and its specific implications for the researcher.Uniquely, this volume draws on oral historiansâ personal accounts of conducting sensitive research and assesses the applicability of the term emotional labour to this work. It examines how oral historians may perform emotional labour, highlighting the often-hidden emotional toll it takes on them. This volume considers how the emotionally taxing implications of conducting sensitive research may be exacerbated or mitigated by the institutional relations and contexts in which the researcher works. The authors evaluate recommendations from related disciplinary fields for ways of supporting researchers and consider how an ethics of care can be fostered in local research environments. Emotional Labour in Oral History Research engages critically with theories of emo

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Book SynopsisDoing History bridges the gap between the way history is studied in school or as represented in the media and the way it is studied at university level.History as an academic discipline has dramatically changed in recent decades and has been enhanced by ideas from other disciplines, the influence of postmodernism and historians’ incorporation of their own reflections into their work. Doing History presents the ideas and debates that shape how we ‘do’ history today, covering arguments about the nature of historical knowledge and the function of historical writing, whether we can ever really know what happened in the past, what sources historians depend on, and the relative value of popular and academic histories. This revised edition includes new chapters on public history and activist histories. It looks at global representations of the past across the centuries, and provides up-to-date suggestions for further reading, presenting the readerTrade Review"Doing History reflects the deep partnership Mark Donnelly and Claire Norton have brokered between history in universities and schools, and in the wider community. This partnership tugs and shapes theory and practice in ways that sparks powerful new ideas and forms of action."Marnie Hughes-Warrington, University of South Australia, AustraliaTable of ContentsPart 1: What is History? 1. Introduction 2. Pre-Modern Historians on History 3. Academic History Part 2: What Historians Do 4. Using Sources 5. Creating Historical Knowledge 6. Writing Histories. Historical Interpretations and Imagination Part 3: Whose History? 7. The Power of History 8. Histories from Another Perspective 9. Popular History Part 4: History Today 10. Public History 11. Liberating History Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral history theory.Structured around key themes such as the peculiarities of oral history, the study of the self, subjectivity and intersubjectivity, memory, narrative, performance, power and trauma, each chapter provides a clear and user-friendly explanation of the various theoretical approaches, illustrating these with examples from the rich field of published oral history and making suggestions for the practicing oral historian. This second edition includes a new chapter on trauma and ethics, a preface discussing new developments in the field and updated glossary and further reading sections. Supplemented by a new companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/abrams) containing a comprehensive range of case studies, audio material and further resources, this book will be invaluable to experienced and novice oral historians, professionals, and students who are new to the discipline. Trade Review"Abrams introduces analytical theories, examines their application to oral history narratives, and provides "suggestions for how to translate theory into practice." Required reading for oral historians, the book belongs in every academic library. Summing Up: Essential." CHOICE"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"The first edition of Lynn Abrams' Oral History Theory uniquely provided a comprehensive overview of the theory underpinning the practice of oral history. This updated second edition, with new material on trauma, ethics, collaborative practice and the impact of digital technologies will be an essential read for students, researchers and interviewers."Andrew Flinn, University College London, UK "By explaining often complex theoretical constructs and debates in a user-friendly and understandable language, this newly updated edition will prove invaluable to oral history practitioners and students alike. Cutting-edge in its outlook and approach, this edition extends our understanding of on-going developments by focussing on the impact of new digital technologies, the growing interest in trauma or ‘crisis’ oral history, and the theoretical and practical implications of conducting collaborative oral history projects."Andrew Edwards, Bangor University, UK"Oral History Theory provides students and practitioners of oral history with an accessible introduction to complex ideas shaping the field. This well-organized text lays out a compilation of research and examples that fostered deeper understanding among students as they conducted their own interviews."Joanne Goodwin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"In this book, Lynn Abrams speaks to a range of potential audiences interested in the practice and outcomes of oral history research. The text includes theoretical analysis, practical advice and reference to a range of case studies. This newly revised edition also includes consideration of dealing with ‘trauma’ and the ethical issues arising in oral history practice and analysis. The accompanying website now makes this an essential tool for teaching, learning and research in the field."Melanie Ilic, University of Gloucestershire, UK"... This second edition reproduces the original text, all still relevant, with the addition of a ninth chapter entitled “Trauma and Ethics.” Abrams (Univ. of Glasgow, UK) explains that the additional chapter “treats trauma as a sub-field of oral history in its own right, one which has grown exponentially as narrative-based approaches to collective reconciliation and memorialisation and to the therapeutic treatment of individuals have gained widespread assent.” It both complements and expands the original text, focusing on “the collection and analysis of histories of extreme human experiences, sometimes termed crisis oral history.” Ethics and safety are emphasized. The second edition merits serious consideration for any collection that supports oral history courses or students and scholars using oral history in their research."B. M. Banta, Arkansas State University"... it outlines all of our current concerns, takes a wide purview of past and current work, provides a handy guide to relevant middle-level theories from a wide variety of perspectives, and yet leaves room for the engaged reader to explore beyond its boundaries."Ronald J. Grele, Oral History ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition: new directions in oral history. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction: turning practice into theory. 2. The peculiarities of oral history. 3. Self. 4. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity. 5. Memory. 6. Narrative. 7. Performance. 8. Power. 9. Trauma and ethics. Glossary. Notes. Guide to further reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisOne of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive. Showcasing 13 case studies from the South African past, it applies quantitative sources, tools and methods to social histories from below to uncover the experiences of unchartered peoples. Examining the occupations of slaves, victims of the Spanish flu, health of schoolchildren and more, it shows how quantitative tools can be particularly powerful in regions where historical records are preserved, but questions of bias and prejudice pervade. Applying methods such as GIS mapping, network analysis and algorithmic matching techniques it explores histories of indigenous peoples, women, enslaved peoples and other groups marginalised in South African history. Connecting quantitative sources and new forms of data interpretation with a narTable of ContentsList of Figures Foreword, Robert Ross Preface 1. Quantitative History and Uncharted People, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 2. Bridal Pregnancy in the Mother City, 1900–1960, Laura Richardson (University of Cambridge, UK) and Jan Kok (Nijmegen University, The Netherlands) 3. Sex Ratios and Girl Preference in the Cape, 1894–2011, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Francisco Marco-Gracia (University of Zaragoza, Spain) 4. Khoe Households in Swellendam, 1825, Calumet Links (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 5. Race Reclassification in Cape Town, 1950–1984, Brittany Chalmers (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Kris Inwood (Guelph University, Canada) 6. Advertising the Enslaved for Sale: A Quantitative Approach to the Zuid-Afrikaan, 1830–1834, Wouter Raaijmakers (Radboud University, The Netherlands) and Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 7. Domestic Service in Cape Town Before the Second World War, Amy Rommelspacher (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 8. Female Investors at the Cape, 1892–1902, Lloyd Maphosa (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Edward Kerby (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 9. Black Africans in Cape Town, 1890-1939, Nobungcwele Mbem (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Michiel de Haas (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) 10. Political Innovation in African Nationalist Organisations, 1880–1890, Jonathan Schoots (University of Chicago, USA) 11. Petitions to the Cape Parliament, 1854-1909, Kara Dimitruk (Swarthmore College, USA) and Kelsey Lemon (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 12. Death During the Influenza of 1918, Jonathan Jayes (Lund University, Sweden) and Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 13. Quantitative History in Practice, Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

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Book SynopsisThis book is a practical introduction to digital history. It offers advice on the scoping of a project, evaluation of existing digital history resources, a detailed introduction to how to work with large text resources, how to manage digital data and how to approach data visualisation.Doing digital history covers the entire life-cycle of a digital project, from conception to digital outputs. It assumes no prior knowledge of digital techniques and shows you how much you can do without writing any code. It will give you the skills to use common formats such as XML. A key message of the book is that data preparation is a central part of most digital history projects, but that work becomes much easier and faster with a few essential tools.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsGlossaryIntroduction1 The context of digital history2 Formulating your research questions3 How a digital project begins4 Working with text 1: unstructured text5 Working with text 2: structured text6 Caring for your digital history project7 Visualising your data8 What next for digital history?Test yourself answersAppendix 1: Getting the dataAppendix 2: Some command line recipesAppendix 3: Regular expressionsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisPostmodern, postcolonial and post-truth are broadly used terms. But where do they come from? When and why did the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms emerge? And who exactly were the ‘post boys’ responsible for this?Post-everything examines why post-Christian, post-industrial and post-bourgeois were terms that resonated, not only among academics, but also in the popular press. It delves into the historical roots of postmodern and poststructuralist, while also subjecting more recent post-constructions (posthumanist, postfeminist) to critical scrutiny.This study is the first to offer a comprehensive history of post-concepts. In tracing how these concepts found their way into a broad range of genres and disciplines, Post-everything contributes to a rapprochement between the history of the humanities and the history of the social sciences.Table of ContentsIntroduction: post-concepts in historical perspective – Herman PaulPart I: The emergence of a prefix (1930s–60s)1 ‘Our post-Christian age’: historicist-inspired diagnoses of modernity, 1935–70 – Herman Paul2 The post-secular in post-war American religious history – K. Healan Gaston3 Defining the old, creating the new: post-ideology and the politics of periodisation – Adriaan van Veldhuizen4 The death and rebirth of ‘postcapitalist society’ – Howard BrickPart II: Post rising to prominence (1970s–90s)5 Post-Keynesian: a rare example of a post-concept in economics – Roger E. Backhouse6 Lost in the post: (post-)structuralism between France and the United States – Edward Baring7 The ‘post’ in literary postmodernism: a history – Hans Bertens8 From political reference to self-narration: ‘postcolonial’ as periodiser – Andrew Sartori9 The tradition of post-tradition – Stephen TurnerPart III: Contemporary post-constructions (2000s–present)10 Busting the ‘post’? Postfeminist genealogies in millennial culture – Stéphanie Genz11 Posthumanism and the ‘posterising impulse’ – Yolande Jansen, Jasmijn Leeuwenkamp and Leire UrricelquiEpilogue: lessons for future posts – Adriaan van VeldhuizenIndex

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The book is an investigation of the evidence for King Arthur based on the earliest written sources rather than later myths and legends. The evidence is laid out in a chronological order starting from Roman Britain and shows how the legend evolved and at what point concepts such as Camelot, excalibur and Merlin were added. It covers the historical records from the end of Roman Britain using contemporary sources such as they are, from 400-800, including Gallic Chronicles, Gildas and Bede. It details the first written reference to Arthur in the Historia Brittonum c800 and the later Annales Cambriae in the tenth century showing the evolution of the legend in in later Welsh and French stories. The work differs from other books on the subject in not starting from or aiming at a specific person. It compares the possibility of Arthur being purely fictional with an historical figure alongside a list of possible suspects. The evidence is presented and the reader is invited to make up their own mind before a discussion of the Author's own assessment.

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