Plural Pasts: Historiography Between Events and Structures

By: Assis, Arthur Alfaix

What is history about? This Element shows that answers centred on the keyword 'past events' are incomplete, even if they are not simply wrong. Interweaving theoretical and historical perspectives, it provides an abstract overview of the thematic plurality that characterizes contemporary academic historiography. The reflection on different sorts of pasts that can be at focus in historical research and writing encompasses events as well as non-events,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009462520
• ISBN13: 9781009462525
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"