Embracing Complexity : A Conversation with David Cannadine.

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and eminent historian David Cannadine, Princeton University. This thoughtful conversation includes an examination of different aspects of the societal role of both history and historians while rejecting the simplifying disto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burton, Howard
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.
Series:Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv22jnq41
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • A Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • The Conversation
  • I. Finding One's Historical Feet
  • II. The Art of Biography
  • III. The Undivided Past
  • IV. Transcending Parochialism
  • V. Categorical Examinations
  • VI. Historical Broadening
  • VII. What to Do, Part I
  • VIII. What to Do, Part II
  • Continuing the Conversation