| History and Memory Contributor(s): Le Goff, Jacques (Author), Rendall, Steven (Translator), Claman, Elizabeth (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231075901 ISBN-13: 9780231075909 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: In this brilliant meditation on the varying conceptions of history, Jacques Le Goff, one of the leading members of the French "Annales" school, examines the oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern as well as the various continuities in the evolutions of the historical spirit. Clearly written, broad-ranging, and richly allusive, History and Memory is a provocative book that will inspire a better understanding of historical work and provide an overview of the "new history" that has revolutionized historical studies over the post half century. Le Goff has written a new preface for the English language edition, which examines recent trends in historiography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 901 |
| LCCN: 92019887 |
| Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.31" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe. |