Telling the Truth About History
by:
Joyce Appleby (author)
Lynn Hunt (author)
"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist
"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393312867 (0393312860)
Publish date: April 17th 1995
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
This book is very much a response to the modern incarnation of the historical discipline and its overwhelming doubt concerning the value of truth, knowledge, and historical narrative. As the authors state, it addresses the current controversies about objective knowledge, cultural diversity, and the ...