The Best Historiography Books 2025

1. The Varieties of History: From Voltaire to the Present, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - From Voltaire to Marx and Engels, this anthology explores history from the viewpoint of historians. The text includes influential works such as The New Philosophical History by Voltaire, History as Biography by Thomas Carlyle, and A New Economic History by R. W. Fogel. I cannot imagine a more engaging and instructive introduction to the fascinations of historical writing than Fritz Stern's classic The Varieties of History.--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., City University of New York This book contains not only an excellent selection of passages which characterize the ideas and the work of leading historians from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, but the book in its entirety provides a stimulating survey of the entire development of modern historiography.--Felix Gilbert, The Institute for Advanced Study It is by all odds the best kind of introduction to the study and, what is more, to the enjoyment, of history.--Crane Brinton

The Varieties of History: From Voltaire to the Present, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. A Student's Guide to History, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - A complete guide to success in any history course. This guide provides comprehensive coverage of the historian's research process - from formulating a research question to finding, evaluating, and working with sources of all types - written and nonwritten, in print and online. The writing process is explained thoroughly, and advice on creating a strong thesis and writing an effective paper culminate in a model student research paper. The appendixes point students to the most helpful research resources.

A Student's Guide to History, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Doing Oral History, Used [Paperback]

Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history, oral history forever captures people's feelings, expressions, and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? And what does it take to become an oral historian? Donald A. Ritchie, a leading expert in the field, answers these questions and, in particular, explains the principles and guidelines created by the Oral History Association to ensure the professional standards of oral historians. Doing Oral History has become one of the premier resources in the field of oral history. It explores all aspects of oral history, from starting an oral-history project, including funding, staffing, and equipment to conducting interviews; publishing; videotaping; preserving materials; teaching oral history; and using oral history in museums and on the radio. In this second edition, the author has incorporated new trends and scholarship, updated and expanded the bibliography and appendices, and added a new focus on digital technology and the Internet. Appendices include sample legal release forms and information on oral history organizations. Doing Oral History is a definitive step-by-step guide that provides advice and explanations on how to create recordings that illuminate human experience for generations to come. Illustrated with examples from a wide range of fascinating projects, this authoritative guide offers clear, practical, and detailed advice for students, teachers, researchers, and amateur genealogists who wish to record the history of their own families and communities.

Doing Oral History, Used [Paperback]

4. The Lessons of History [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their four decades of work on the ten monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization. The result is a survey of human history, full of dazzling insights into the nature of human experience, the evolution of civilization, the culture of man. With the completion of their life's work they look back and ask what history has to say about the nature, the conduct and the prospects of man, seeking in the great lives, the great ideas, the great events of the past for the meaning of man's long journey through war, conquest and creation - and for the great themes that can help us to understand our own era.To the Durants, history is not merely a warning reminder of man's follies and crimes, but also an encouraging remembrance of generative souls ... a spacious country of the mind wherein a thousand saints, statesman, inventors, scientists, poets, artists, musicians, lovers, and philosophers still live and speak, teach and carve and sing...Designed to accompany the ten-volume set of The Story of Civilization, The Lessons of History is, in its own right, a profound and original work of history and philosophy.

The Lessons of History, Used [Hardcover]

5. Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Race is once again a leading issue in American politics. The clock has been turned back on the progress of the 1960s, and again hostility, resentment and racial conflict threaten to divide the nation.

Race : How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession, Used [Hardcover]

6. The Education of Desire : Marxists and the Writing of History, Used [Paperback]

Kaye addresses the much-debated question of the role of intellectuals in the making of history and social change, and insists upon the necessity of continuing to ask classical and fundamental Marxist questions about exploitation, oppression and struggle.

The Education of Desire : Marxists and the Writing of History, Used [Paperback]

7. Reasons for Our Rhymes: In Inquiry into the Philosophy of History, Used [Paperback]

Reasons for Our Rhymes provides a fascinating chronological overview of the major philosophical approaches to human history. Herrera clearly presents the ideas and influences of key figures from the past two thousand years -St. Augustine, Vico, Hegel, Marx, and others - showing how each of these thinkers initiated a new paradigm for our understanding of the meaning of history.

Reasons for Our Rhymes : An Inquiry into the Philosophy of History, Used [Paperback]

8. Pre-Owned The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History (Paperback) 0582894123 9780582894129

This classic introduction to the study of history invites the reader to stand back and consider some of its most fundamental questions - What is the point of studying history? How do we know about the past? Does an objective historical truth exist and can we ever access it? In answering these central questions, John Tosh argues that, despite the impression of fragmentation created by postmodernism in recent years, history is a coherent discipline which still bears the imprint of its nineteenth-century origins. Consistently clear-sighted, he provides a lively and compelling guide to a complex and sometimes controversial subject, while making his readers vividly aware of just how far our historical knowledge is conditioned by the character of the sources and the methods of the historians who work on them. ? The fifth edition has been revised and updated throughout, with the addition of new sections on: ? ???????? Global history ???????? Comparative history ???????? Postcolonialism ???????? Women's and gender history ???????? Oral history and memory ? Lucid and engaging, this new edition retains all the user-friendly features that have helped to make this book a favourite with both students and lecturers, including marginal glosses, illustrations, suggested further reading and boxed guides to key events and people.

Title: The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History ISBN10: 0582894123 EAN: 9780582894129 Genre: HISTORY / Historiography Author: Tosh, John CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

9. Philosophy of History an Introduction (Harper torchbooks), Used [Paperback]

Introductions to Philosophy series presents a set of engrossing, accurate and lively introductions to all the core areas of philosophy. Each volume is written by a knowledgeable authority of the area in question. Care has been taken to produce works that while even handed are not mere bland expositions and as such, are original pieces of philosophy in their own right. The volumes serve as an essential basis for the courses to which they relate, as well as being accessible and absorbing for the general reader. Together they comprise an indispensable library of living philosophy. Introductions of Philosophy is designed to be used as a companion to any philosophy course. Each book provides an authoritative treatise of topics commonly taught at the college level, focusing on the major issues that typically arise when studying the subject. The books provide students with the core building-blocks of their courses, as well as provide ready reference books to the teachers and scholars alike.The books are of a uniformly high quality and many are written by luminaries in their fields.top

Philosophy of History an Introduction (Harper torchbooks), Used [Paperback]

10. Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History (The Nearby History) [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, construction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles. Houses and Homes is Volume 2 in The Nearby History Series.

Houses and Homes : Exploring Their History, Used [Paperback]