The combing of history
David William Cohen
The combing of history /David William Cohen - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1994. - xxv, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
1. The Production of History --
2. Namuluta v. Kazibwe --
3. The Economy of Debate --
4. Silences of the Living, Orations of the Dead --
5. Pim's Doorway --
6. Ditmar's Revenge --
7. Tisdale Divide --
8. The Constitution of Expertise.
How is historical knowledge produced? And how do silence and forgetting figure in the knowledge we call history? This exploration of these questions exposes the circumstantial nature of history, revealing the economic, social and political forces at play in history's production.
9780226112787
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
History
History--Methodology--United States -- History.
901 COH
The combing of history /David William Cohen - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1994. - xxv, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
1. The Production of History --
2. Namuluta v. Kazibwe --
3. The Economy of Debate --
4. Silences of the Living, Orations of the Dead --
5. Pim's Doorway --
6. Ditmar's Revenge --
7. Tisdale Divide --
8. The Constitution of Expertise.
How is historical knowledge produced? And how do silence and forgetting figure in the knowledge we call history? This exploration of these questions exposes the circumstantial nature of history, revealing the economic, social and political forces at play in history's production.
9780226112787
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
History
History--Methodology--United States -- History.
901 COH
