A Global History of History

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of different genres and forms of history and addresses key themes such as the interactions between West and East, the conflict of oral, pictographic, and written accounts of the past and the place of history in society and in politics. Numerous textual extracts and illustrations in every chapter capture the historical cultures of past civilizations and demonstrate the different forms that historical consciousness has taken around the world. The book offers unique insights into the interconnections between different historical cultures over 3000 years and relates the rise of history to key themes in world history.

丹尼爾·沃爾夫（Daniel Woolf），英裔加拿大歷史學(xué)家、英國皇家歷史學(xué)會會員、倫敦古物學(xué)會倫敦古物學(xué)會會員、加拿大皇家學(xué)會執(zhí)行委員會和理事會成員、約翰·本·斯諾獎獲得者。曾擔任加拿大安大略省金斯敦皇后大學(xué)校長、安大略大學(xué)理事會執(zhí)行委員會主席、加拿大大學(xué)國際關(guān)系常設(shè)咨詢委員會主席。著有《過去的社會流傳：1500-1730年間的英國歷史文化》《全球史學(xué)史》《簡明史學(xué)史》，主編《全球歷史著作百科全書》《牛津歷史著作史》（五卷本）等。