02106cam a2200301 a 4500 347949 BD-DhUL 20170515090939.0 000403s2000 enkabc 001 0 eng d 99057694 GBA0-19299 019285352X (pbk.) DLC eng BD-DhUL Uk ANL BD-DhUL 901 ARH Arnold, John, 1969- History : a very short introduction / John H. Arnold. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. 134 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine derived contents note: 1. Questions about murder and history; 2. The history of history; 3. What really happened: truth, archives, and the love of old things; 4. Escapes from the tower; 5. Causation and interpretations; 6. Telling stories, telling tales; 7. Periodization and time; 8. Objectivity, truth, and judgement; 9. The role of the past in the present; Further reading; Index. Do historians reconstruct the truth or simply tell stories? This book suggests that they do both, and the balance between 'truth' and 'story' is tremendously important to history. Taking us from the fabulous tales of ancient Greek historians to the varied approaches of modern professionals, this book illuminates our relationships to the past by making us aware of how 'history' has changed as a subject. Concepts such as periodization and causation are discusses, but not in a dry or abstract fashion. Instead this book works through particular historical examples - including a medieval murderer, a seven-century colonist, and ex-slave women - to illustrate and explain the ways in which we study and understand history, giving the reader a science of the excitement of discovering not only the past, but also ourselves. History Philosophy. History Methodology. Historiography. Very short introductions ddc BK 196396 196396 0 0 ddc 0 901_000000000000000_ARH 1 NFIC 333592 DUL DUL AAC 2017-05-15 gift 901 ARH 428696 2017-05-15 2017-05-15 BK