Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past
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Book Overview
World history has expanded dramatically in recent years, primarily as a teaching field, and increasingly as a research field. Growing numbers of teachers and Ph.Ds in history are required to teach the subject. They must be current on topics from human evolution to industrial development in Song-dynasty China to today's disease patterns - and then link these disparate topics into a coherent course. Numerous textbooks in print and in preparation summarize the field of world history at an introductory level. But good teaching also requires advanced training for teachers, and access to a stream of new research from scholars trained as world historians. In this book, Patrick Manning provides the first comprehensive overview of the academic field of world history. He reviews patterns of research and debate, and proposes guidelines for study by teachers and by researchers in world history.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1403961190
ISBN13:9781403961198
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:425 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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World Historiography
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
World History is a daunting field... perhaps no single discipline asks so much of its practitioners and yet provides them with so little training or such vague methodology. With _Navigating World History_ Pat Manning helps to amend this failing by providing a concise, engaging, and erudite history of the field and also an analysis of its various paradigms, pitfalls and potentials. Researchers, teachers and students who are new to the field will find Manning's work an invaluable guide to help locate their own efforts within the often overwhelming context that is World History. Truly and outstanding work. A doff of the cyber-cap to Prof. Manning!
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