A Lecture on the Study of History
A Lecture on the Study of History

Author: Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2020-03-16

Total Pages: 70

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This profound discourse by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton delves into the unity of modern history, exploring its intricate threads and timeless significance. Acton's words resonate with the belief that history holds the key to understanding the present and shaping the future. With insightful reflections on the link between history and politics, Acton highlights the practical value of historical knowledge in navigating the complexities of governance and societal progress.

Inaugural lecture on The Study of History
Inaugural lecture on The Study of History

Author: Charles William Chadwick Oman

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2020-12-08

Total Pages: 31

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"Inaugural lecture on The Study of History" by Charles William Chadwick Oman. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts

Author: Samuel S. Wineburg

Publisher: Critical Perspectives on the P

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9781566398565

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Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children's drawings, Wineburg's essays offer rough maps of how ordinary people think about the past and use it to understand the present. These essays acknowledge the role of collective memory in filtering what we learn in school and shaping our historical thinking.

Timeline of World History
Timeline of World History

Author: Matt Baker

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781645174172

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Chart the course of history through the ages with this collection of oversize foldout charts and timelines. Timeline of World History is a unique work of visual reference from the founders of the Useful Charts website that puts the world's kingdoms, empires, and civilizations in context with one another. A giant wall chart shows the timelines and key events for each region of the world, and four additional foldout charts display the history of the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa and the Middle East. Packed with maps, diagrams, and images, this book captures the very essence of our shared history.

The Stakes of History
The Stakes of History

Author: David N. Myers

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0300231407

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A leading scholar of Jewish history’s bracing and challenging case for the role of the historian today Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in the contemporary world? These questions prompted David N. Myers’s illuminating and poignant call for the relevance of historical research and writing. His inquiry identifies a number of key themes around which modern Jewish historians have wrapped their labors: liberation, consolation, and witnessing. Through these portraits, Myers revisits the chasm between history and memory, revealing the middle space occupied by modern Jewish historians as they work between the poles of empathic storytelling and the critical sifting of sources. History, properly applied, can both destroy ideologically rooted myths that breed group hatred and create new memories that are sustaining of life. Alive in these investigations is Myers’s belief that the historian today can and should attend to questions of political and moral urgency. Historical knowledge is not a luxury to society but an essential requirement for informed civic engagement, as well as a vital tool in policy making, conflict resolution, and restorative justice.

A Lecture on the Study of History
A Lecture on the Study of History

Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780342617579

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