The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language - a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively interdisciplinary debate in recent years.
This is the only book to give an overall picture of the Annales movement from its beginnings to the present day. The Annales School is arguably... Læs mere
aeo An important new study of one of the most famous texts of the Italian High Renaissance, Castiglionea s Book of the... Læs mere
This book provides a critical history of the movement associated with the journal Annales, from its foundation in 1929 to the present. This movement has been the single most important force in the development of what is sometimes called the new history .
In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopedie.
* A new, fully updated edition of a now classic text. * The text has been completely revised to take into account developments of the past 14 years, since History and Social... Læs mere
What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some... Læs mere
"What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its third edition, leading... Læs mere
* Wide--ranging account of the main approaches in cultural history* Covers themes such as history of popular culture, history of Carnival, history of mentalities, history... Læs mere
This volume presents an original view of the culture of early modern Italy. The book addresses particular themes - specifically those of perception and communication - as well as serving to exemplify modes of analysis in the currently developing field of historical anthropology.