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Lädt ... A Brief History of History: Great Historians and the Epic Quest to Explain the Past (2008)von Colin Wells
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which is a page-turning tour of history's most influential historians. Beginning with Herodotus and continuing to the 20th Century, the author weaves a tale of explanation, interpretation and interesting prose that gives the reader a fun and informed overview of this vast subject. This is the kind of book that might spark a layman's interest in history, which is my Big Thing, and yet Mr. Wells also gives some fascinating detail in places that make this a work to appeal to the more knowledgeable reader. Each chapter marks a historical era and the most important historians of the times. Wells presents his selection of historians against a background of their own era, and also gives relevant information about the crucial cultural context that influences each. The style is conversational and the facts are well-presented, so that the narrative reads more like an interesting novel than a scholarly text ... Mr. Wells is very self-deferential and yet delivers some insightful points that show a keen mind not overly-beholden to accepted "conventional" wisdom. This is the kind of book that makes one a fan of an author and interested to read more of their work. A fine introduction to a more in-depth way of looking at history. Highly recommended... Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
What Daniel Boorstin did for science in The Discoverers, Timothy Ferris for cosmology in Coming of Age in the Milky Way, and Robert Heilbroner for economics in The Worldly Philosophers, Colin Wells now does for history in A Brief History of History. The most accessible, concise, and clear-sighted biography ever of history as a living idea, this book brings together evocative sketches of the great historians with concise summaries of their key works. From its humble origins as a minor literary genre in ancient Greece, to its modern-day status as perhaps the most successful monument to the global spread of Western civilization, Wells traces the remarkable evolution of this branch of knowledge, and shows how it has long been the turf on which we fight our culture wars. A riveting blend of readability, vibrant humor, and penetrating insight, A Brief History of History is a must for anyone for whom living in the present, and looking to the future, is unimaginable without serious reflection on the past. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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