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Ibn Khaldun : An Essay in Reinterpretation
Aziz Al-Azmeh
Hardcover - $305.95
A reinterpretation of Ibn Khaldun, 14th-century Arabic philosopher, historian and politician.
Ibn Khaldun : An Essay in Reinterpretation
Aziz Al-Azmeh
Paperback - $35.95
New interpretation of the historical thought of this great figure of Arab-Islamic letters and of historical thought overall. The author has eschewed the ahistorical interpretations to which Ibn Khaldū n has normally been subjected, both by aut ...
The Times of History : Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography
Aziz Al-Azmeh
Hardcover - $102.95
This is a collection of essays on current questions of historiography, illustrated with reference to Islamic historiography. The main concerns are conceptions of time and temporality, the uses of the past, historical periodisation, historical categor ...
American POW Memoirs from the Revolutionary War Through the Vietnam War : The Autobiography Seminar, Providence College, Spring Semester 2006
Jon Alexander
Paperback - $31.95
Rethinking Home : A Case for Writing Local History
Joseph A. Amato
Paperback - $31.95
""Rethinking Home is pioneering scholarship at its best. Amato makes his case for a new local history combining academic sophistication with a deft human touch, that can provide a new perspective on the way in which humans have interacted with their ...
Shaping History : Narratives of Political Change
Molly Andrews
Paperback - $61.95
Featuring extraordinary personal accounts, this book provides a unique window through which to examine some of the great political changes of our time, and reveals both the potential and the challenge of narrating the political world. Molly Andrews? ...
Historical Representation
F. R. Ankersmit
Paperback - $54.95
This book fully recognizes the aestheticism inherent in historical writing while acknowledging its claim to satisfy the demands of rational and scientific inquiry. Focusing on the notion of representation and on the necessity of distinguishing betwee ...
Telling the Truth about History
Joyce Appleby
Paperback - $27.95
We have lost our grip on historical truth. Popular films depict subterranean conspiracies that shape historical events and public knowledge of those events. Best-selling narrative histories dissolve the border between fact and fiction, allowing the a ...
History : A Very Short Introduction
John H. Arnold
Paperback - $15.95
Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.