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This book analyses the autobiographies of historians from a global perspective and looks at all eras, from antiquity to the present day. It includes 20 autobiographies: Lucian of Samosata''s memories in antiquity; Vico''s, Gibbon''s and Adams'' intellectual self-accounting in modernity; autobiographical revelations and social activism of 20th century women historians such as Steedman, Conway, and Gerda Lerner; classical Chinese and Islamic traditions through the autobiographies of Sima Quian and Ibn Khaldun; the perplexities inherent in the modernisation of Japan (Fukuzama Yukichi), China (Gu Jiegang), India (Nirad Chaudhuri) and Egypt (Taha Hussein); and traumatic post-colonial experiences in Africa (Bethwell Ogot), Latin America (Carlos Eire) and Southeast Asia (Wang Gungwu). The book proposes a literary and historical approach to these autobiographies, emphasising its historiographical dimension and value.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/2/2025
      ISBN13: 9781009396905, 978-1009396905
      ISBN10: 1009396900
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      Book Synopsis
      This book analyses the autobiographies of historians from a global perspective and looks at all eras, from antiquity to the present day. It includes 20 autobiographies: Lucian of Samosata''s memories in antiquity; Vico''s, Gibbon''s and Adams'' intellectual self-accounting in modernity; autobiographical revelations and social activism of 20th century women historians such as Steedman, Conway, and Gerda Lerner; classical Chinese and Islamic traditions through the autobiographies of Sima Quian and Ibn Khaldun; the perplexities inherent in the modernisation of Japan (Fukuzama Yukichi), China (Gu Jiegang), India (Nirad Chaudhuri) and Egypt (Taha Hussein); and traumatic post-colonial experiences in Africa (Bethwell Ogot), Latin America (Carlos Eire) and Southeast Asia (Wang Gungwu). The book proposes a literary and historical approach to these autobiographies, emphasising its historiographical dimension and value.

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