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Book SynopsisE.H. Carr''s What is History?, first published in 1961, was the most influential book to examine writing and thinking about history this century. To commemorate the book''s forthieth anniversary, David Cannadine has gathered an all-star cast of contributors to ask and seek answers to E.H. Carr''s classic question for a new generation of historians: what does it mean to study history at the start of the twenty-first century? The contributors pose this question anew for the most important and lively subfields of history writing today. For example, Alice Kessler-Harris ponders what is gender history now? while Paul Cartledge asks what is social history now? This volume stands alongside E.H. Carr''s classic, paying tribute to his seminal inquiry while moving the debate into new territory, ensuring its freshness and relevance for a new century of historical study.
Trade Review'...he has assembled a distinguished team who convey, with spirit and lucidity, the scale and excitement of discovery that 40 years of specialization has produced.' - Blair Worden, Sunday Telegraph
'...should prove invaluable to graduate students and scholars...' - Claude Ury, History: Reviews of New Books
'Readers will find reliable and insightful information presented without recourse to jargon.' - E. A. Breisach, Choice
Reviews of the Hardback edition:
'What is History? strongly influenced the generation of professional historians who came to maturity in the following decades. 'What is History Now?' presents a timely review of the debate forty years on and an expert examination of present trends and anxieties.' - Norman Davies
'What is History Now? presents the ideal solution to the dilemma of how to reappraise Carr's book without burying it. If anyone were to provide an equivalent to What is History? for the early twenty-first-century, it would surely be David Cannadine.' - David Armitage
'At last, What is History? gets the successor it deserves...extremely readable and highly stimulating.' - Roy Porter
'...destined to become a must-have text for today's history students.' - Tristram Hunt, BBC History Magazine
'[Cannadine] has assembled a distinguished team who convey, with spirit and lucidity, the scale and excitement of [historical] discovery.' - Blair Worden, The Sunday Telegraph
Table of ContentsIntroduction; D.Cannadine E.H.Carr and What is History ?; R.J.Evans What is Social History Now?; P.Cartledge What is Intellectual History Now?; A.Brett What is Imperial History Now?; L.Colley What is Political History Now?; S.Pedersen What is Religious History Now?; O.Hufton What is Cultural History Now?; M.Rubin What is Gender History Now?; A.K.Harris What is History Now?; F.F.Armesto
