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Book SynopsisEileen Cheng is Associate Professor in theHistory Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. Her research interests include the American Revolution and the early American Republic, American and European intellectual history, and historiography. She has published numerous journal articles and one monograph - The Plain and Noble Garb of Truth: Nationalism and Impartiality in American Historical Writing.
Trade ReviewThis relatively slim volume tells the story of Western historiography since the Renaissance, keeping a clear distance from the usual progressive story line. The volume is well written; the content, reliable; and the bibliography, well selected. Summing up: Recommended. -- E.A. Breisach, emeritus, Western Michigan University * CHOICE *
Table of Contents1: Science and Religion in Renaissance and Early Modern Historical Writing; 2: Enlightenment and Philosophical History; 3: Romantic and Critical History; 4: From Scientific History to the New History; 5: Social History, Narrative, and the Problem of Objectivity; 6: History and Historiography in Global Perspective; Appendix: Major European and American Historians.
