Telling the Truth about History"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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User Review - KirkusA ``late-twentieth century understanding of historical truth,'' outlined by three women historians, Appleby (History/UCLA), Hunt (History/UPenn) and Jacob (History/New School for Social Research ... Read full review
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User Review - jkmansfield - LibraryThing“What historians do best,” argue Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob in their 1995 book Telling the Truth About History, “is make connections with the past in order to illuminate the problems ... Read full review
Contents
History Makes a Nation | |
Competing Histories of America | |
Discovering the Clay Feet of Science | |
Postmodernism and the Crisis of Modernity | |
Truth and Objectivity | |
The Future of History | |
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| Title | Telling the Truth about History |
| Authors | Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0393078914, 9780393078916 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Historiography |
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