Category Archives: Historiography

The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 – Alfred Thayer Mahan

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The history of Sea Power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war. The profound influence of sea commerce upon the wealth and strength of countries … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of History (5th Edition)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The essential introduction to the practice of history – now revised and brought up-to-date for the twenty-first century. This edition contains updated information on history in the media, plus even more coverage of contemporary historians Addresses key historiographical questions – … Continue reading →

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The Wandering Heretics of Languedoc (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

How should historians read sources which record inquisitorial trials in the Middle Ages? How can we understand the fears felt by those on trial? By analysing six volumes of depositions in the trial of Cathar and Waldensian heretics in Languedoc … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

More than one-third of the population of the United States now lives in the South, a region where politics, race relations, and the economy have changed dramatically since World War II. Yet historians and journalists continue to disagree over whether … Continue reading →

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Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-Religions

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Were the Chinese the first to discover America in 1421? Did Jesus and Mary Magdalene have children together? Did extraterrestrials visit the earth during prehistory and teach humans how to build pyramids and stone structures? These are only a few … Continue reading →

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History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America: From the Great War to Thatcher and Reagan

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

History, Historians, and Conservatism in Britain and America examines the subjects, motives, and personal and intellectual origins of conservative historians who were also successful public intellectuals. In their search for a persuasive and wide appeal, conservatives depended until at least … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

In this study, Stephanie Budin demonstrates that sacred prostitution, the sale of a person’s body for sex in which some or all of the money earned was devoted to a deity or a temple, did not exist in the ancient … Continue reading →

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Fifty Key Thinkers on History (Routledge Key Guides)

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is a superb guide to historiography through the ages. The cross-section of debates and thinkers covered is unique in its breadth, taking in figures from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages, to … Continue reading →

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The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble,nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. “It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” In this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael … Continue reading →

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Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? Often, the essays in Selective Remembrances reveal, they turn to archaeology, employing the field and its … Continue reading →

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