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  In Defence of History (Paperback) By (author) Richard J. Evans

  

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  Short Description for In Defence of History In this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of his craft. At a time of deep scepticism about our ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, Evans shows us why history is possible and necessary.
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  • Publisher: GRANTA BOOKS
  • Published: 18 January 2001
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages
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  • Categories: Historiography
  • ISBN 13: 9781862073951 ISBN 10: 1862073953
  • Sales rank: 22,936

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• In this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of the importance of his craft. At a time of deep scepticism about our ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, Evans shows us why history is both possible and necessary. His demolition of the wilder claims of post-modern historians, who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of history, seeks to be witty and well-balanced. He takes us into the historians' workshop to show us just how good history gets written, and explains the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives. This new edition contains an extensive afterword by the author.