Fifty Key Thinkers on History

Marnie Hughes-Warrington

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Routledge
21 August 2014

History; Historiography

Series: Routledge Key Guides

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is an essential guide to the most influential historians, theorists and philosophers of history. The entries offer comprehensive coverage of the long history of historiography ranging from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. This third edition has been updated throughout and features new entries on Machiavelli, Ranajit Guha, William McNeil and Niall Ferguson. Other thinkers who are introduced include:

Herodotus

Bede

Ibn Khaldun

E. H. Carr

Fernand Braudel

Eric Hobsbawm

Michel Foucault

Edward Gibbon

Each clear and concise essay offers a brief biographical introduction; a summary and discussion of each thinker’s approach to history and how others have engaged with it; a list of their major works and a list of resources for further study.

By: Marnie Hughes-Warrington
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.150kg
ISBN: 9780415703598
ISBN 10: 041570359X
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 21 August 2014
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Australian National University. She is the author of sixbooks, including History Goes to the Movies (2007), the History on Film Reader (2008), Fifty Key Thinkers on History (2000, 2008) and Revisionist Histories (2013). .