Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. Concepts such as causation, interpretation, and periodization, are introduced by means of concrete examples of how historians work, giving the reader a sense of the excitement of discovering not only the past, but also ourselves. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and explores the ways these questions have been answered in the past. John Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(erAgent) History as a True Story Arnold started the book examining what history is.

Arnold breaks these questions down, by recounting stories of the pasts, and exploring how history gets to be written.

This is a book that will appeal to all students and general readers with an interest in history or historiography. History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold 37.39 Inquisition and Power: Catharism and the Confessing Subject in Medieval Languedoc (Middle Ages Series) John H. Arnold 4.19 - 4.69 Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe John H. I expect I will be buying more very shortly. A Very Short Introduction (for my son) and The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (for my daughter). The aim throughout History: A Very Short Introduction is to discuss theories of history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than delve into specific periods. Arnold 2000 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database. There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our. Arnold History: A Very Short Introduction John H. Arnolds book, one learns that writing history is a process that has evolved over centuries.

Such key concepts as causation, interpretation, and periodization are introduced by way of concrete examples of how historians work, thus giving the reader a sense of the excitement implicit in discovering the past-and ourselves. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and then explores the ways in which these questions have been answered in the past. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end.

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