History and Historians, 7th edition

This concise, best-selling volume presents a thorough and comprehensive overview of Western historical thinking from ancient times until the present. History and Historians surveys the main issues and problems in areas such as historiography, philosophy of history, and historical methodology. The book strives for a balanced coverage and attempts to make the subject accessible to readers at all levels.

• Comprehensive coverage - Emphasizes the importance of context in understanding historical issues.
• Gives students needed background information so that instructors do not have to take up valuable class time doing the same.
• Coherent overview—Examines Greek, Hebrew, and Christian historiography; and explores the impact of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the professionalization of history within European universities.
• Supplies students with a solid foundation for the entire field.
• Clear, concise presentation—Explores the development of historical thought.
• Allows students to quickly master the basics, preparing them to go on to any higher-level history course.
• An analysis of the implications of computers in the study of history.
• Offers students up-to-date coverage of the most recent developments in the study of history.

Provides commentary on recent historiographical tendencies and trends, particularly in the following areas:

• the cultural turn
• subaltern studies
• postcolonialism
• “the weapons of the weak”
• the negotiation and distribution of power in human transactions over the whole spectrum of class, gender, and race

The bibliographies at the end of each chapter have been updated throughout.