Approaching the Past: Historical Anthropology Through Irish Case Studies

Book Overview

In recent years the study of history has become a central area of inquiry within anthropology. While classical anthropology focused on the present, current approaches seek to "do history" by using a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches. Approaching the Past is a highly provocative and original volume that examines the issues, themes, and difficulties emerging out of the new anthropological concern with history.

Anchoring the discussion with a wide range of ethnographic case studies from Ireland, the contributors to this volume establish a sophisticated interdisciplinary dialogue and assess the degree to which anthropological concepts and methodologies can be applied to historical inquiry. With a variety of essays representing sociological, geograhical, and historical perspectives, Approaching the Past is an invaluable

contribution to a discipline that is expanding and reconstituting itself anew.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231079214
• ISBN13: 9780231079211
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 12