Historiography

Paul Dukes urges the need to widen our vision of the past by adopting the perspective of world history.

In Reading History, Peter Burke examines various reassessments of the Italian Renaissance.

Peter Stansky encourages the link between the past and present in history.

Breaking away from the limited perspectives of American history long prevalent in Britain, Alistair Hennessy contributes to a clearer understanding of historical processes which have too often been considered as unique to the United States.

In this article, Roy Foster seeks to explain the many difficulties that are faced by Irish historians.

N.E.R. Fisher surveys the historiographical treatments of these ancient democratic states, in this month's Reading History.

Carl Degler asks 'Can the American past be put back together again?'

Although there has always been a public eager to read or hear the narration of past events, the 'History Men' - scholars writing professional history based on original sources - are a relatively new breed.

Judith Brown surveys the relevant literature for understanding Indian society and history.