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The Essential Historiography Reader
The Essential Historiography Reader is a comprehensive textbook designed for courses in historiography. Published by Pearson Education in 2010, this book has been a go-to resource for students and educators alike, offering a detailed exploration of historical theories and philosophies in language accessible to college undergraduates.
Who Uses It?
Primarily, this book is used by students and instructors in historiography courses at the college and university levels. It's also a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the basics of historical practice, including professionals looking to refresh their knowledge or expand their understanding of historical approaches.
History and Editions
The Essential Historiography Reader has been a cornerstone in the field of historiography for over a decade. The book is organized into two main parts: the first part traces the origins of contemporary American historical traditions to their roots in ancient Greece and explains how the profession of history emerged and developed in Europe and America through the nineteenth century. The second part focuses more specifically on historiographical developments in the United States since the nineteenth century.
The book includes excerpts from prominent historians to illustrate various historical approaches, helping students identify these approaches in their own writing and in contemporary historical works. The text is updated with the latest research and discussions, making it a reliable source for understanding historical theories and philosophies.
Author and Other Works
Caroline Hoefferle is the author of The Essential Historiography Reader. She is known for her ability to explain complex historical concepts clearly and simply, making the subject matter accessible to a broad audience. While this is her primary work in the field, her expertise in historiography has contributed significantly to the development of historical education.
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Caroline Hoefferle is an associate professor of history at Wingate University in North Carolina. She teaches undergraduate courses in historiography, women’s history, world history, and United States history. She received her Ph.D. in History jointly from Central Michigan University and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland in 2000. Her dissertation compared the history of student activism in the United States and Britain in the Long Sixties. She has published a number of chapters and articles on this topic and on teaching historiography, and is currently finishing a book on the history of British student activism in the Long Sixties.
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS HISTORIOGRAPHY?
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 1: EARLY HISTORIES
Herodotus, The Histories
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
Bede, A History of the English Church and People
CHAPTER 2: THE EVOLUTION OF “MODERN” HISTORY
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Giambattista Vico, The New Science
Marquis de Condorcet, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
Mercy Otis Warren, History of the Rise Progress and Termination of the American Revolution
CHAPTER 3: NINETEENTH-century EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Leopold Von Ranke, History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations
Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Task of the Historian” and The History of England
PART II: MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER 4: AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
George Bancroft, The History of the United States of America from the Discovery of the Continent
Herbert Baxter Adams, “Saxon Tithing-Men in America”
Frederick Jackson Turner, The Frontier in American History
CHAPTER 5: CONFLICT AND CONSENSUS: THE PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN HISTORY
W.E.B. Du Bois, Souls of Black Folk
Charles and Mary Beard, The Rise of American Civilization
Daniel J. Boorstin, The Genius of American Politics
CHAPTER 6: MARXISM, ANNALES, AND THE NEW LEFT
Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
E. P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class
Jesse Lemisch, Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America
CHAPTER 7: NEW SOCIAL HISTORY
Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman, Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, The Hysterical Woman
John Hope Franklin, The Moral Legacy of the Founding Fathers
CHAPTER 8: THE LINGUISTIC TURN, POSTMODERNISM, AND NEW CULTURAL HISTORY
Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre
Ruth H. Bloch, The Construction of Gender in a Republican World
CHAPTER 9: WORLD HISTORIES
Edward Said, Orientalism
David Christian, World History in Context
Thomas Bender, A Nation Among Nations: America’s Place in World History
EPILOGUE: HISTORIOGRAPHY SINCE 1990
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