J. Plumb: The Death of the Past | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781403906984 | The Death of the Past | J. Plumb (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Paperback

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Beschreibung

In this book, J.H. Plumb investigates the way that humankind has, since the beginning of recorded time, moulded the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structure and morality. The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot. J.H. Plumb questions this sanction of the past, the force that it has on our sense of destiny and its relevance to our own times. This classic text is now reissued with a new introduction by Niall Ferguson, placing it within a contemporary context, and with a new foreword by the eminent historian Simon Schama, a former student of J.H.Plumb himself.

Über den Autor

J.H. (Sir John) PLUMB, FBA, is sometime Emeritus Professor of Modern English History, University of Cambridge and was Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1978 to 1982.

NIALL FERGUSON is Professor of Political and Financial History, Jesus College, Oxford. Two of his most recently published books are Empire; The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power and The Cash Nexus; Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000.

SIMON SCHAMA , CBE, is University Professor of Art History and History, Columbia University, and is the author of many books, most recently the three volumes of A History of Britain.

Zusammenfassung

One of the three great books of post-1945 history published in Britain - the other two being What is History? by Carr and The Practice of History by Elton

Contains a new foreword by Simon Schama and a new introduction by Niall Ferguson

Plumb has been influential to a host of famous historians including Simon Schama, Niall Ferguson and Norman Stone

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; S.Schama, CBE Introduction The Sanction of the Past The Past as Destiny The Role of History

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xlii 145 S.
ISBN-13:	9781403906984
ISBN-10:	140390698X
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Plumb, J. Schama, S. Ferguson, N.
Zusammengestellt:	Schama, Simon
Auflage:	2nd ed. 2003
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan UK
Maße:	216 x 140 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	J. Plumb (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	05.12.2003
Gewicht:	0,245 kg

Artikel-ID: 102532093