A Concise History of History : Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The earliest forms of historical writing; 2. History in Eurasia to the mid-fifteenth century; 3. The sense of the past, 1450?1700; 4. Enlightenment, revolution and reaction, c.1700?1830; 5. Disciplining the past: professionalization, imperialism and science, 1830?1945; 6. Transitions: historical writing from the inter-war period to the present; 7. Where do we go from here? Reflections, new directions and prognostications.