Michael Bentley (1) (1948–)
Auteur de Modern Historiography: An Introduction
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A propos de l'auteur
Michael Bentley is Professor of Modern History, University of St. Andrews.
Séries
Œuvres de Michael Bentley
Politics without Democracy: England 1815-1918 (Blackwell Classic Histories of England) (1984) 44 exemplaires
Modernizing England's Past: English Historiography in the Age of Modernism, 1870-1970 (The Wiles Lectures) (2006) 18 exemplaires
Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain (British Lives) (2001) 16 exemplaires
The climax of liberal politics : British liberalism in theory and practice, 1868-1918 (1987) 9 exemplaires
Public and Private Doctrine: Essays in British History Presented to Maurice Cowling (1993) 3 exemplaires
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 303
- Popularité
- #77,624
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 65
However. His writing is at a graduate level within academia, which makes the text not as accessible as it could be. Being that the intended audience is the graduate-level student, this would only seem logical. Casual readers will definitely be put off by the prose of the book. As a graduate-level student, I was put off by the mixing of languages throughout the book. Many of the passages are littered with French and German statements (including a few complete paragraphs) with little or no attempt made to provide any aspect of translation.
Overall, the book is a fair and open-ended assessment of the European and American schools of historical writing. There is no attempt to include Middle- or Far-Eastern writers into the book's premise, which I personally found a little disappointing. The book's overall premise is well-written, well-thought-out and (mostly) well presented.… (plus d'informations)