Fifty Great Thinkers on History
By, Hughes-Warrington, Marnie
Publisher: Routledge
Class No.: 920.02 HUG
Accession No.: 009479
Year: 2004
Pages: xix, 363p.

Of the week: 16th Oct. to 22th Oct., 2006

Fifty Great Thinkers on History is a superb guide to historiography through the ages. The cross-section of debates and thinkers covered is unique in its breadth, taking in figures from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages, to contemporary Europe, America, Africa and Australia. Various historians are covered from Herodotus to Fukuyama. Each clear and concise essay offers biographical information and a summary and discussion of the subject's approach to history and how others have engaged with it, a list of their major works and a guide to diverse resources for further study, including books, articles, films and web sites.