The Practice of History: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

By G.R. Elton

Book Overview

The new edition of G. R. Elton's classic work is a wide-ranging, succinct and practical introduction for all students and general readers of history. It makes a major contribution to the question "what is history?".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631229809
• ISBN13: 9780631229803
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Old fashioned but refreshing

Although many of the ideas espoused by Elton in this book are very old fashioned and narrow-minded, such as his views on revisionism and newer trends in source criticism, the majority of the book deals with the subject in a refreshingly straight-forward manner. The language is, on the whole, very clear and the methodical approach in which he puts forward his arguments is very persuasive. I recommend reading this along side another historiographical work such as E. H. Carr's 'What is History?' or Richard J. Evans' 'In Defence of History'.