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This 1985 book presents a selection of ten of the most significant contributions to Faire de l'histoire, a major three-volume exposition of the fresh state of French historiography first published in 1974. All the essays were commissioned from historians representing the best of the 'Annales' tradition, including Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie, François Furet and Georges Duby. The first five essays concentrate upon the physical world, and deal with some of the more familiar aspects of 'new history'; the second half of the book is concerned with the unconscious world of mentalités, the network of belief, symbol and cultural practice that is attracting the attention of historians in ever-increasing numbers. In an introduction Colin Lucas places the essays in this collection within the long-term development of French historical study, and assesses not only its great strengths but also some of the doubts and dilemmas to which it has given rise.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Constructing the Past
• Subtitle: Essays in Historical Methodology
• Author: Jacques Le GoffPierre NoraColin Lucas
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780521277822
• ISBN: 0521277825
• ID: 02026293
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 362 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. November 1985

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