Measuring Time, Making History

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-963-9776-14-2
Verlag: Central European University Press

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 165 g

Reihe: The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series - CEU Press

Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of modernity as a new epoch in human history.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunt, Lynn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgement, Chapter 1: Is Time Historical?, Chapter 2: Modernity and History, Chapter 3: Post Times or the Future of the Past, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lynn Hunt is is the Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at the University of California, Los Angeles.