Takes a fresh look at both Marxist and non-Marxist positions in the debate on the problem of historical change, examining in detail the work of Hobsbawm, Thompson, Cohen, Althusser, Giddens and Habermas amongst others.
John Keane , Václav Havel : A Political Tragedy in Six Acts ( New York : Basic Books , 2000 ) , 233 . 2. Václav Havel , “ The Power of the Powerless , ” in Living in Truth : Twenty - six Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of ...
Making History
... example is Yue Minjun's statement in the catalogue of Shu : Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art ) . ... Like Fang's distorted self - image , Yue Minjun's figures encapsulate a dilemma faced by a generation of Chinese ...
Making History: Czech Voices of Dissent and the Revolution of 1989 brings together the personal narratives of eleven former dissidents who, though close associates of Václav Havel, operated without his international celebrity.
It's time to take history personally. This unique text takes a personal approach to American history to get readers excited about their own roles in making history and empower them to make changes for the betterment of their country.
The encounter between interpretation and history in the writings of Josephus provides the conceptual framework for this collection of essays.
Cohen argues, for example, that some historians are practitioners of “Bad History” and twist reality to glorify themselves or their country. “Scholarly, lively, quotable, up-to-date, and fun” (Hilary Mantel, author of the ...
This “terrific” novel of alternate history asks: What if Hitler had never been born? (The Washington Post) Michael Young is a graduate student at Cambridge who is completing his dissertation on the early life of Adolf Hitler.
Friel has written an historical play about Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an alliance of Irish and Spanish soldiers against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland.
The volume offers a coherent set of chapters to support undergraduates, postgraduates and others interested in the historical processes that have shaped the discipline of history.
By highlighting the rich resources and history of the Institute of American Indian Arts, the only tribal college in the nation devoted to the arts whose collections reflect the full tribal diversity of Turtle Island, these essays present a ...
An aging German physicist prevents Hitler's birth, with mixed effects on history
When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, “One of the definitive works on gay life.” Novelist Armistead Maupin said that author “Eric Marcus not only writes with grace and ...
This book is vital reading for all historians, lay and professional, and will be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on historiography and research methods.
This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of new veiling practices among lower middle class women in Cairo, Egypt.
Alex Callinicos has added an introduction to this new edition updating the argument of this influential book first published in 1987.
In his handling of this momentous episode Brian Friel has avoided the conventions of 'historical drama' to produce a play about history, the continuing process.
Cohen investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest historical thinkers to discover the agendas that informed their views of the world, and which in so many ways have informed ours.
A collection of twenty historical and review essays published over a period of thirty years covers topics ranging from Mary Wollstonecraft to the British family