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Harry Elmer Barnes.
A History of Historical Writing, second revised edition.
Published New York: Dover Publications, 1962 reissue (reprinted from the Oklahoma U.P. edn. of 1937.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 135x214x26mm.
Page count: xv,450pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: covers slightly grubby and creased, with some wear to the edges and corners; spine faded and scuffed, but not creased from reading; at least 1 page has a pencilled mark to the margin.

This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 518g.

How to order this book

No medieval emphasis. Contents: Origins of historical writing; Greeks & Romans; Early Christian historical writing; The Middle Ages; Ecclesiastical historical writing during the Reformation & Counter-Reformation; Rise of social & cultural history — era of discovery & growth of rationalism; Romanticism & the philosophy of history; Influence of liberalism & nationalism; Rise of critical historical scholarship; Broadening perspective & interests of the historian; Rise of kulturgeschichte; History & the sciences of Man; The new history & future of historical writing.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 2 monochrome portraits
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 10pp plus a short selection at the end of each chapter
Index: yes


See also | Historiography | Medievalism: non‑fiction |
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