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What Happened To History?

Author: Thompson, Willie
Hardback; Book
208 pages
Published: November 2000
Pluto Press Ltd
ISBN: 0745312683

This original study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history, brought on by the social, political and cultural changes of the 1970s and 1980s. Challenging notions of certainty and objectivity, postmodernism has questioned traditional models and methods in studying history. A timely intervention in an increasingly contentious area, this book evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of postmodern history.Beginning with a brief account of historiography as an academic discipline, with its origins in the scientific historiography of the nineteenth century, Willie Thompson charts the growth and development of the historical method in the twentieth century. He examines the impact of Marxist historiography, particularly in Britain and the United States, and the emerThis study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history. Challenging notions of certainty and objectivity, postmodernism has questioned traditional models and methods in studying history. This work evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of postmodern history.

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