Reappraisals In History
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
History is not merely a record of the past — it is a battleground of interpretation, and J. H. Hexter enters that arena with formidable wit and precision. Reappraisals in History presents a collection of incisive essays in which Hexter challenges prevailing orthodoxies in the study of early modern European and English history, dismantling long-held assumptions about the gentry, the Puritan Revolution, and the nature of historical thought itself. Hexter writes with a rare combination of scholarly rigour and stylistic verve, wielding irony and argument in equal measure to expose the weaknesses of his contemporaries' methodologies. His famous critique of the storm over the gentry controversy illustrates how historians can be misled by their own ideological commitments, and his reflections on historiographical practice remain as provocative today as when first published. A landmark work in the philosophy and craft of historical writing, Reappraisals in History leaves the reader questioning not just what happened in the past, but how we dare claim to know it at all.
Author: J. H. Hexter
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, Longmans
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
History is not merely a record of the past — it is a battleground of interpretation, and J. H. Hexter enters that arena with formidable wit and precision. Reappraisals in History presents a collection of incisive essays in which Hexter challenges prevailing orthodoxies in the study of early modern European and English history, dismantling long-held assumptions about the gentry, the Puritan Revolution, and the nature of historical thought itself. Hexter writes with a rare combination of scholarly rigour and stylistic verve, wielding irony and argument in equal measure to expose the weaknesses of his contemporaries' methodologies. His famous critique of the storm over the gentry controversy illustrates how historians can be misled by their own ideological commitments, and his reflections on historiographical practice remain as provocative today as when first published. A landmark work in the philosophy and craft of historical writing, Reappraisals in History leaves the reader questioning not just what happened in the past, but how we dare claim to know it at all.