Cheng eileen ka (12 Ergebnisse)

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. pp. 256.

Zustand: New. A primer on the complexities of history writing, and writing history. It challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an overview of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present, focusing primarily on the US and Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352. An Introductory Guide. 200 pages. A primer on the complexities of history writing, and writing history. It challenges the view of historiography as an esoteric subject by presenting an overview of the history of historical writing from the Renaissance to the present, focusing primarily on the US and Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 15. Weight: 350. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 376 pages. 8.70x5.80x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - American historians of the early national period, argues Eileen Ka-May Cheng, grappled with objectivity, professionalism, and other 'modern' issues to a greater degree than their successors in later generations acknowledge. Her extensive readings of antebellum historians show that by the 1820s, a small but influential group of practitioners had begun to develop many of the doctrines and concerns that undergird contemporary historical practice. The Plain and Noble Garb of Truth challenges the entrenched notion that America's first generations of historians were romantics or propagandists for a struggling young nation. Cheng engages with the works of well-known early national historians like George Bancroft, William Prescott, and David Ramsay; such lesser-known figures as Jared Sparks and Lorenzo Sabine; and leading political and intellectual elites of the day, including Francis Bowen and Charles Francis Adams. She shows that their work, which focused on the American Revolution, was often nuanced and surprisingly sympathetic in its treatment of American Indians and loyalists. She also demonstrates how the rise of the novel contributed to the emergence of history as an autonomous discipline, arguing that paradoxically 'early national historians at once described truth in opposition to the novel and were influenced by the novel in their understanding of truth.' Modern historians should recognize that the discipline of history is itself a product of history, says Cheng. By taking seriously a group of too-often-dismissed historians, she challenges contemporary historians to examine some ahistorical aspects of the way they understand their own discipline.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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