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A Concise Companion to History
Edited by Ulinka Rublack
480 pages
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16 black and white halftones
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216x135mm
978-0-19-929121-2
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Hardback
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17 March 2011
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- Sixteen essays by leading scholars in the field addressing the key themes in current historical scholarship
- Shows how we might use comparative and world history in thinking about the future of the discipline
- Addresses both key perennial themes such as power, commerce, and causation, as well as new areas such as emotions, ethnicity, and the environment
What is our relationship with the past? A quiet revolution has transformed the ways in which History provides us with answers. Indeed, not so long ago the very question might have seemed odd. But in recent decades the solid moorings to which History was seemingly tethered have proved less secure than earlier supposed. That realization has produced some discomfiture, but also many more opportunities for understanding worlds with which we have lost connection.
No single book can hope to reflect all the ways in which History has 'changed with the
times' nor can, or should, a volume with numerous contributors speak with one voice. Yet the Companion does range widely, addressing key themes and structures from new areas of enquiry as well as providing fresh treatment of established fields; and it does mark a significant departure in a genre still shaped by stories that are predominantly Western. It reflects a practice of history that seeks global connections and pioneers a sustained dialogue between historians specializing in the history of particular continents. It does not, in the sharply ridiculing phrase of one historian, compare the Ashanti empire to the British empire. But the scholars writing in this book build on the much greater awareness that 'Western' achievements and claims to modernity were often not as unique as once
portrayed, and that the history of interconnections and multi-centric developments of different civilisations is crucial for a proper critical understanding of the past.
Escorted by some of the world's leading historians, readers of the Companion will find in these pages an indispensable guide to what history is today.Readership: All those interested in the study of history and the current state of historical scholarship and writing
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Edited by Ulinka Rublack, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European history at Cambridge University and a fellow of St John's College Ulinka Rublack teaches early modern European history at Cambridge University and is a Fellow of St John's College. One of the most original historians of her generation, she is widely known for her books Reformation Europe and rimes of Women in Early Modern Germany (the latter published by Oxford University Press) and, more recently, Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe, which is also published by Oxford University Press.
Contributors:
Christopher Bayly, University of Cambridge
R. Bin Wong, UCLA
Elizabeth Buettner, University of York
Peter Burke, University of Cambridge
Chris Clark, University of Cambridge
Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
Eiko Ikegami, New School of Social Research, New York
Donald R. Kelley, Rutgers University
Dorothy Ko, Columbia University
John R. McNeill, Georgetown University
Kenneth Pomeranz, University of California, Irvine
Miri Rubin, University of London
Ulinka Rublack, University of Cambridge
Bonnie G. Smith, Rutgers
University
Pamela H. Smith, Columbia University
Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research
Megan Vaughan, University of Cambridge
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"The stellar cast of authors... [introduce] the reader to some of the most exciting developments in the field of history over the past three decades.... the book achieves a great deal." - Stefan Berger, Times Literary Supplement "Ambitious...rich and challenging...makes some significant contributions" - Alix Green, Reviews in History "How has the writing of history changed over the past half century? What are the topics and issues that interest historians today? These questions, and many more, are addressed in the Concise Companion, a pioneering and exceptionally stimulating volume of essays which indicate some of the ways in which the challenges of globalization are forcing historians to rethink their
approaches to the past." - Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford "Ulinka Rublack has created a true companion volume for readers of recent and current historical writing. In an astonishing feat of editorship, she brings together some of the best living historians and some insuperable essays on the state and drift of the subject." - Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, Notre Dame University
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Ulinka Rublack: Preface
Part I: Writing History
1: Christopher Bayly: History and World History
2: R. Bin Wong: Causation
3: Ulinka Rublack: The Status of Historical Knowledge
4: Donald R. Kelley and Bonnie G. Smith: Historians
Part II: Themes and Structures
5: Kenneth Pomeranz: Commerce
6: Chris Clark: Power
7: Peter Burke: Communication
8: Pat Thane: Population
9: Dorothy Ko: Gender
10: Megan Vaughan: Culture
11: Elizabeth Buettner: Ethnicity
12: Pamela H. Smith: Science
13: John R. McNeill: Environmental History
14: Miri Rubin: Religion
15: Eiko Ikegami: Emotions
16: Anthony Grafton: The Power of Ideas
Acknowledgements
Index
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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