History : a very short introduction / John H. Arnold.
"Do historians reconstruct the truth or simply tell stories? This book suggests that they do both, and that the balance between 'truth' and 'story' is tremendously important to history. Taking us from the fabulous tales of ancient Greek historians to the varied approaches of...
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Main Author: | Arnold, John, 1969- |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Series: | Very short introductions ;
16. |
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