The Pursuit of History: Revised Third Edition

Preface to the Revised Third Edition ix Preface to the Third Edition xix 1 Historical awareness 1 2 The uses of history 26 3 The raw materials 54 4 Using the sources 83 5 The themes of mainstream history 108 6 Writing and interpretation 138 7 The limits of historical knowledge 164 8 History and social theory 204 9 History by numbers 244 10 Theories of meaning 271 11 History by word of mouth 295 Conclusion 323 Further reading 329 Index 335