160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Historical Imagination examines the threshold between what historians consider to be proper, imagination-free history and the malpractice of excessive imagination, asking where the boundary between the two sits and the limits of permitted imagination for the historian.
We use "imagination" to refer to a mental skill that encompasses two different tasks: the reconstruction of previously... Read more
Introduction: Imagination in History
1. Imagination in the Archives
2. Insertions
3. The modal mood in historical writing
4. The Historian’s Fancy
5. What if?
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Biography
David J. Staley is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University. His previous books in historical theory include Computers, Visualization and History and History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future.
"An excellent and lucid introduction to one of the key issues in historical practice, examined through engaging examples. It will be read with profit by students of history [and philosophy at all levels."
David Kauffman, University of Edinburgh, UK
