Brief History of History: Great Historians and the Epic Quest to Explain the Past

Contributor(s): Wells, Colin (Author)

ISBN: 9781599211220

Publisher: Lyons Press

Hardcover

$27.95

Pub Date: September 1, 2008

Dewey: 907.2

LCCN: 2008033751

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.22" H x 9.30" L x 6.64" W ( 1.40 lbs) 352 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Historiography

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: In this biography of history as a living idea, Colin Wells links together lively, evocative sketches of the great historians and summarizing their most important works. Readers learn how their ideas changed the understanding of history, how history itself moved forward over time, and why "history" is a startlingly fluid concept.

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