What is Cultural History?
By Peter Burke.
Description
What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essentialguide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fullyupdated in its second edition, leading historian Peter Burke offersafresh his accessible guide to the past, present and future ofcultural history, as it has been practised not only in theEnglish-speaking world, but also in Continental Europe, Asia, SouthAmerica and elsewhere. Burke begins by providing a discussion of the 'classic' phase ofcultural history, associated with Jacob Burckhardt and JohanHuizinga, and of the Marxist reaction, from Frederick An...
ISBN(s)
0745644104, 9780745644103
