The Thinking Past

The Thinking Past
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 577
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199794621
ISBN-13 : 0199794626
Rating : 4/5 (626 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Thinking Past by : Adrian Cole

Download or read book The Thinking Past written by Adrian Cole and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book takes an analytical approach to world history. Instead of proceeding through history descriptively, it looks at several major questions and ideas, such as the role of technology, the development of universal religions, global trade, or participatory politics. If this sounds thematic, it is. But it also progresses chronologically, analyzing these themes as they apply in certain eras. We use both primary sources in-text, and the latest scholarship as secondary source. These we use frequently in each chapter both to employ the voices of scholars where they say things better than we could, and footnote them for students' reference. We also hope to convey the sense that all this content is part of an ongoing debate amongst historians--and scholars from different disciplines. Finally we attempt to keep the text accessible by focusing on narrative elements of history, and keeping in mind that the readers are undergraduates, often with little exposure to the subject matter. However, the level of ideas remains high"--Provided by publisher.


The Thinking Past Related Books

The Thinking Past
Language: en
Pages: 577
Authors: Adrian Cole
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

GET EBOOK

"This book takes an analytical approach to world history. Instead of proceeding through history descriptively, it looks at several major questions and ideas, su
Thinking Past Terror
Language: en
Pages: 163
Authors: Susan Buck-Morss
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

GET EBOOK

Renowned critical theorist Susan Buck-Morss argues convincingly that a global public needs to think past the twin insanities of terrorism and counter-terrorism
Thinking in the Past Tense
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Alexander Bevilacqua
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

If the vibrancy on display in Thinking in the Past Tense is any indication, the study of intellectual history is enjoying an unusually fertile period in both Eu
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Samuel S. Wineburg
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Critical Perspectives on the P

GET EBOOK

Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children's drawings, Wineburg's essays offer rough maps of how o
Thinking About History
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Sarah Maza
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-18 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating question of Sarah Maza’s Thinking About History, a general introdu