{"product_id":"historians-autobiographies-as-historiographical-inquiry-9781009396905","title":"Historians Autobiographies as Historiographical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018634264919,"sku":"9781009396905","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historians-autobiographies-as-historiographical-inquiry-9781009396905","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}