An incisive account of the entire history of historical writing worldwide by one of the leading intellects in the field.

Editor James M. Banner, Jr. has compiled a collection of 15 historiographical essays by respected scholars to provide an up-to-date overview of major topics in

So far histories of historiography have concentrated almost exclusively on the West. This is the first book to offer a history of modern historiography from a g

"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians continue to argue over the meaning of the term. This book ch