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- catalog abstract ""What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history an art or science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and many other questions in this witty, engaging, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12615184.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history an art or science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and many other questions in this witty, engaging, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The landscape of history -- 2. Time and space -- 3. Structure and process -- 4. The interdependency of variables -- 5. Chaos and complexity -- 6. Causation, contingency, and counterfactuals -- 7. Molecules with minds of their own -- 8. Seeing like a historian.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-182) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 192 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195066529 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "901 21".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics History.".
- catalog subject "D16.8 .G23 2002".
- catalog subject "History Methodology.".
- catalog subject "History Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The landscape of history -- 2. Time and space -- 3. Structure and process -- 4. The interdependency of variables -- 5. Chaos and complexity -- 6. Causation, contingency, and counterfactuals -- 7. Molecules with minds of their own -- 8. Seeing like a historian.".
- catalog title "The landscape of history : how historians map the past / John Lewis Gaddis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".