History: theory and methods

Anthropologies of Value analyses the creation of value in a wide range of political and cultural contexts.

This book provides the first in-depth exploration of video games as history.

In this important and hugely ambitious book, one of the world's leading political scientists working on China demonstrates how Western views of China are flawed because the long tradition of Western scholarship studying China views China from the Western philosophical and intellectual perspective rather than viewing China on its own terms through the lens of China's own long-established and reputable philosophical and intellectual tradition.

Focusing on Japan, France, and the United States, Christopher L.

This book is a logical consequence of a book published in 1965 under the title Immigrants Assimilation - A Study of Polish People in Western Australia.

Macmillan published the first edition of this text in 1985.

For the past twenty years, noted sociologist Andrew Abbott has been developing what he calls a processual ontology for social life.

The name of Hippocrates has been invoked as an inspiration of medicine since antiquity, and medical practitioners have turned to Hippocrates for ethical and social standards.

The Humanities in Transition explores how the basic components of the digital age will have an impact on the most trusted theories of humanists.

Islamic civilization flourished in the Middle Ages across a vast geographical area that spans today's Middle and Near East.

This timely book examines austerity's conflicted meanings, from austerity chic and anti-austerity protest to economic and eco-austerity.

Nicholas of Cusa is known as one of the most original philosophers of the 15th century, but by training he was a canon lawyer who received his degree from the University of Padua in 1423.

"e;Reframing Postcolonial Studies addresses the urgent issues that Black Lives Matter has raised with respect to everyday material practices and the frameworks in which our knowledge and cultural heritage are conceptualized and stored.

Until the nineteenth century Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) was among the most famous and most valued of historians.

This book provides a broad history of the Seljuq Turks from their origins and early conquests in the 10th century, through the rise of empire, until its dissolution at the end of the 12th.

This work is a guide to the life, thought and activities of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), the great fifteenth-century philosopher, theologian, jurist, author of mystical and ecclesiastical treatises, cardinal and reformer.

Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further, creating a highly readable and useful tool for scholars, students, and the general public.

Las conexiones entre distintos procesos históricos desarrollados a uno y otro lado de las fronteras ibéricas nos invitan a insistir en dos cuestiones fundamentales.

Was macht den Reiz der Gegenstände aus, mit denen wir uns umgeben?

This book is most easily described as philosophy of history; however, this descr- tion may be a little misleading.

The appearance of religious toleration combined with the intensification of the search for theological truth led to a unique phenomenon in early modern Europe: Jewish Christians and Christian Jews.

Obwohl der Brief in der deutschen Geschichtswissenschaft zwischen dem 19.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

to use the Dutch presence to institute far-reaching innovations in his society.

The enthusiastic response to the Dictionary has prompted this second substantially enlarged, revised and updated edition.

Buridan was a brilliant logician in an age of brilliant logicians, sensitive to formal and philosophical considerations.

"e;An important read for anyone trying to sort through the current social and political controversy over the question of how do we memorialize the Civil War.

This collection of essays is the fruit of about fifteen years of discussion and research by James Force and me.

This book explores the contribution of discursive psychology and discourse analysis to researching the relationship between history and collective memory.

Archimedes is held in high esteem by mathematicians, physicists and engineers as one of the most brilliant scientists of all time.

Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism.

What is re-enactment and how does it relate to heritage?

This study is an attempt to examine the relationships between religious belief and the humanism of the Enlightenment in the philosophy of Hegel and of a group of thinkers who related to his thought in various ways during the 1840's.

What can visual artifacts tell us about the past?

More than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience.

Evolutionary approaches to the study of human beings have been able to explain the origin and maintenance of many of the features of our bodies.

Talking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive "e;how-to"e; guide for engaging with primary source documents.

Herbert Rowen has always insisted that historians don't need biographers.

This student guide introduces the key concepts, theories and approaches to the history of emotions while teaching readers how to apply these ideas to historical source material.

Clearing a Path offers new models and ideas for exploring Native American history, drawing from disciplines like history, anthropology, and creative writing making this a must-read for anyone interested in the history of indigenous peoples.