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Investigates American origin stories - from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print.
Drawing on recent scholarship and newly uncovered archival materials, this volume provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Sophie de Grouchy’s intellectual and political work across her active years from 1786 to 1815.
An award-winning introduction to the core reading, writing and research skills that are foundational to the study of history.
This Element explores the historiography of madness in the Modern era, including publications in the overlapping fields of the history of psychiatry and the history of lunatic... Læs mere
Explores democracy’s remarkable rise from obscurity to centre stage in contemporary international relations, from the rogue democratic state of 18th Century France to Western pressures for countries throughout the world to democratise.
The first introduction to writing about intelligence and intelligence services.
Dominick LaCapra's History and Its Limits articulates the relations among intellectual history, cultural history, and critical theory, examining the recent rise of "Practice Theory" and probing the limitations of prevalent forms of humanism.
"LaCapra offers an intriguing collection of essays to support both his enthusiasm for intellectual history... and his concern about the 'excesses' he finds in techniques and practices of the new social history. Admitting that the essays are...
Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history—one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts. In ten essays, he reformulates the problem of the relation between the "great" texts of the Western...
Grassroots historiography has been essential in shaping American sexual identities in the twentieth century. Retroactivism in the Lesbian Archives examines how lesbian collectives have employed ""retroactivist"" rhetorics to propel change in present identification and politics.