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Format:
Paperback
272 pp.
5.5" x 8.5"

ISBN-13:
9780190077617

Copyright Year:
2020

Imprint: OUP US

From Herodotus to H-Net

The Story of Historiography, Second Edition

Jeremy Popkin

From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography, Second Edition, offers a concise but comprehensive and up-to-date account of the many ways history has been studied and recounted, from the ancient world to the new universe of the Internet. Clearly written and organized, it shows how the same issues that historians debate today were already recognized in past centuries, and how the efforts of historians in the past remain relevant today.

Balanced and fair-minded, the book covers the development of modern academic scholarship, but also helps students appreciate the contributions of popular historians and of the many forms of public history. Often drawing on what historians from Edward Gibbon to Natalie Zemon Davis have written about their own careers, From Herodotus to H-Net, Second Edition, brings the discipline of history alive for students and general readers.

Readership : Undergraduate and graduate students of history.

Reviews

"Characterized by scholarly command of the most relevant literature, thorough and clear discussion of those sources, and an impassioned endorsement of the contributions of the field of history, From Herodotus to H-Net is resoundingly successful in achieving Popkin's stated aims."
--H-Net Reviews
"This is a wonderful book; it clearly explains the development of the study of history from ancient times to the present. Also, unlike other books on the subject, it introduces students to the world of academia and how it functions. The book not only clearly explains the history of history in a clear and accessible manner, it also includes a section on what it takes to earn a PhD in history and pursue an academic career."
--Patricia Kollander, Florida Atlantic University
"From Herodotus to H-Net offers a superb introduction to historiography on a global scale, with up-to-date analyses of the most recent approaches, a thoughtful discussion of the process of becoming a historian, and a judicious overview of the rapid changes occurring within the profession even now."
--David S. Karr, Columbia College, Missouri

Preface
About the Author
PART ONE. HISTORIOGRAPHY FROM HERODOTUS TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
1. What Is Historiography?
The Concerns of Historiography
This Book and Its Author
Justifying the Study of the Past
A Short Field Guide to the Varieties of History
2. History in Ancient and Medieval Times
Herodotus and Thucydides
History-Writing in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
The Origins of Chinese Historiography
History, Judaism, and Christianity
History in an Age of Belief
History in the Chinese and Islamic Worlds
The Late Middle Ages in Europe
3. The Historiographical Revolution of the Early Modern Era
The Renaissance Revolution in Historiography
Historians in a New World
The Age of Print
History in the Age of the Enlightenment
4. The Rise of Academic Scholarship and National History
The Revolutionary Era and the Development of Historical Consciousness
Ranke and His "Revolution"
Nationalism and Historical Scholarship
History and the Sciences of Society
A Historical Civilization
5. Scientific History in an Era of Conflict
Critiques of Scientific History
World War I and the Understanding of History
The Founding of the "Annales" School
History and World War II
Social History in the Postwar Period
History in the Cold War World
PART TWO. HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
6. From Objectivity to the "Culture Wars": Historiography from the 1960s to the End of the Millennium
The Challenges of the 1960s
Searching for a New History
New Paradigms for History
Women's History and the History of Gender Relations
Contesting Eurocentrism
The History of Memory
"History Wars"
7. History and Historians in a New Millennium
A Historical Controversy to End the Millennium
History in the Internet Era
History beyond the Printed Page
New Directions in Historical Scholarship
8. Historians at Work
The Graduate School Experience
Searching for a Job in History
The Quest for Tenure
Professors' Work
Is There Life after Tenure?
History Careers beyond Academia
9. Conclusion
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

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Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution (2019).

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Special Features

Provides a comprehensive chronological account of the development of historical thought from ancient times to the present.
Offers a balanced and fair-minded presentation.
Covers public history and history in visual media.
Surveys the impact of new media on history in the Chapter 7, "History and Historians in a New Millennium".
Written by a senior historian who has taught seminars on historiography for more that thirty years.
Examines the development of historiography in Asia, Latin America, and the Islamic World in addition to Europe and the United States.

New to this Edition

Chapter 6 now includes a description of the linguistic and cultural turns in history in the past tense.
Chapter 7 features an augmented discussion of history in new media, with new material about film and museums.
Chapter 8 is now presented as a way of understanding who professional historians are, with coverage of history teaching in high school.
"Suggestions for Further Reading" has been updated considerably.