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The Pursuit of History

by Tosh, John

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5th

ISBN13:

9780582894129

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0582894123

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

3/3/2010

Publisher(s):

Pearson

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Summary

This classic introduction to the study of history invites the reader to stand back and consider some of its most fundamental questions-What is the point of studying history? How do we know about the past? Does an objective historical truth exist and can we ever access it?

Author Biography

John Tosh is Professor of History at Roehampton University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Preface to the Fifth Edition	p. viii
Publisher's Acknowledgements	p. xii
Historical awareness	p. 1
The uses of history	p. 29
Mapping the field	p. 58
The raw materials	p. 88
Using the sources	p. 119
Writing and interpretation	p. 147
The limits of historical knowledge	p. 175
History and social theory	p. 214
Cultural evidence and the cultural turn	p. 246
Gender history and postcolonial history	p. 274
Memory and the spoken word	p. 303
Conclusion	p. 330
Index	p. 335
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