The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from Collingwood's manuscripts, many of which...

An unsparing, "sweeping," and "vivid" (Drew Gilpin Faust, author of This Republic of Suffering) new history of World War II, recasting the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers In popular memory, the...

This major contribution to the philosophy of history describes how the modern idea of history has grown from the time of Herodotus to the present day.

Western philosophies of history commonly regard nature as a mere arena in which human beings suffer, labour and create. In this lucid and clearly written contribution to the subject, Blackburn argues that such a narrow perspective must be transcended...

Essays advocate that writers of history have developed their own tricks of the trade in order to be reread

In this remarkably wide-ranging book Professor Lowenthal analyses the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. A heritage at once nurturing and burdensome, the past allows us to make sense of the present whilst imposing powerful constraints...

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book of May 2025 * A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated History Book of the Year * A The Millions Most Anticipated Spring Book of the Year A richly imagined new view on the great human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise...

Geography and Empire re-examines the role of geography in imperialism and reinterprets the geography of empire. It brings together new work by seventeen geographers from eight countries.Geography and Empire provides new insights and vivid perspectives...

At the time when European powers colonized the Americas, the institution of slavery had almost disappeared from Europe itself. Having overcome an institution widely regarded as oppressive, why did they sponsor the construction of racial slavery in their...

Ranajit Guha develops a critique of historiography by taking issue with the Hegelian concept of world-history. That concept, he argues, reduces the world to Europe and history to what concerns the state alone. To go beyond the Eurocentric and statist...

The first comprehensive critical examination in any language of the German national tradition of historiographyThis is the first comprehensive critical examination in any language of the German national tradition of historiography. It analyzes the basic...