The Resource Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures, Jeremy Black
Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures, Jeremy Black
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The item Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures, Jeremy Black represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "What if there had been no World War I or no Russian Revolution? What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo in 1815, or if Martin Luther had not nailed his complaints to the church door at Wittenberg in 1517, or if the South had won the American Civil War? The questioning of apparent certainties or 'known knowns' can be fascinating and, indeed, 'What if?' books are very popular. However, this speculative approach, known as counterfactualism, has had limited impact in academic histories, historiography, and the teaching of historical methods. In this book, Jeremy Black offers a short guide to the subject, one that is designed to argue its value as a tool for public and academe alike. Black focuses on the role of counterfactualism in demonstrating the part of contingency, and thus human agency, in history, and the salutary critique the approach offers to determinist accounts of past, present, and future"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages)
- Contents
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- A personal note on life and times
- Types of history
- Power and the struggle for imperial mastery
- The West and the rest
- Britain and France, 1688-1815
- Counterfactualism in military history
- Into the future
- Skepticism and the historian
- Conclusions
- Postscript
- Isbn
- 9780253017062
- Label
- Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures
- Title
- Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeremy Black
- Subject
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- Agent (Philosophy)
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Civilization
- HISTORY -- Essays
- HISTORY -- Europe -- General
- HISTORY -- Reference
- Agent (Philosophy)
- History -- Methodology
- History -- Methodology
- History -- Philosophy
- History -- Philosophy
- Imaginary histories
- Imaginary histories
- HISTORY -- Social History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "What if there had been no World War I or no Russian Revolution? What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo in 1815, or if Martin Luther had not nailed his complaints to the church door at Wittenberg in 1517, or if the South had won the American Civil War? The questioning of apparent certainties or 'known knowns' can be fascinating and, indeed, 'What if?' books are very popular. However, this speculative approach, known as counterfactualism, has had limited impact in academic histories, historiography, and the teaching of historical methods. In this book, Jeremy Black offers a short guide to the subject, one that is designed to argue its value as a tool for public and academe alike. Black focuses on the role of counterfactualism in demonstrating the part of contingency, and thus human agency, in history, and the salutary critique the approach offers to determinist accounts of past, present, and future"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Black, Jeremy
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Imaginary histories
- History
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- Agent (Philosophy)
- History
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Agent (Philosophy)
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- History
- History
- Imaginary histories
- Label
- Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures, Jeremy Black
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A personal note on life and times -- Types of history -- Power and the struggle for imperial mastery -- The West and the rest -- Britain and France, 1688-1815 -- Counterfactualism in military history -- Into the future -- Skepticism and the historian -- Conclusions -- Postscript
- Control code
- ocn915059055
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780253017062
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt16ghx66
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915059055
- Label
- Other pasts, different presents, alternative futures, Jeremy Black
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A personal note on life and times -- Types of history -- Power and the struggle for imperial mastery -- The West and the rest -- Britain and France, 1688-1815 -- Counterfactualism in military history -- Into the future -- Skepticism and the historian -- Conclusions -- Postscript
- Control code
- ocn915059055
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780253017062
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt16ghx66
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915059055
Subject
- Agent (Philosophy)
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- Contingency (Philosophy)
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Civilization
- HISTORY -- Essays
- HISTORY -- Europe -- General
- HISTORY -- Reference
- Agent (Philosophy)
- History -- Methodology
- History -- Methodology
- History -- Philosophy
- History -- Philosophy
- Imaginary histories
- Imaginary histories
- HISTORY -- Social History
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