The Landscape of History : How Historians Map the Past Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (2013) Lecturer in the Music Department

Lecturer in the Music Department of Manchester University

Number of Pages: 645

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The Landscape of History : How Historians Map the Past Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (2013) Lecturer in the Music DepartmentWhat is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides asearching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today. Gaddis points out that while the