A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth CenturyTreating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2,500 years of the moments and decisions that have helped create Western identity. This unique approach is an incredible lens with which to view the past. Standing alone in its ambition, scale and fascination, Burrow's history of history is certain to stand the test of time. |
Contents
Greece | 5 |
The Greeks in Asia | 51 |
Universal History Pragmatic History | 64 |
ACityforSale | 90 |
Plutarch | 111 |
Men tit to be slaves | 141 |
The Lasr Pagan Historian | 149 |
General Characteristics ofAncient IIistorioTaphy | 158 |
The Revival of Secular History | 215 |
Yillehardouin | 244 |
is Ami qua nanism Legal History and | 281 |
Philosophic History | 313 |
England and France | 345 |
Constitutional Liberty | 380 |
American Experiences | 397 |
The German Influence | 425 |
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