ebooks Great Lakes Island Escapes: Ferries and Bridges to Adventure (Painted Turtle) by Maureen Dunphy in History

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Every piece of historical writing has a theoretical basis on which evidence is selected; filtered; and understood. This is as true of scientific empiricism as it is of poststructualism. The Houses of History provides a comprehensive introduction to the twelve schools of thought which have had the greatest influence on the study of history in the twentieth century. Ranging from Empiricism to Postcolonialism; Marxism to the Ethnohistorians; each chapter begins with an introduction to the particular school; the main protagonists; the critics; and is followed by a useful section of further readings. From the classic; such as G. R. Elton's "England Under the Tudors" and E. P. Thompson's "The Making of the English Working Class;" to the recent; such as Henrietta Whiteman's "White Buffalo Woman" and Judith Walkowitz's "City of Dreadful Delight;" the diverse selections collected here bring together the leading historians and theorists of the century. Comprehensive and accessible to undergraduates; The Houses of History is ideally suited to classroom use.