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A guide to finding historiographies in library databases, as well as a selection of recommended books on the topic.
Featured Journal
- History CompassThis journal publishes historiographic essays and may be an excellent starting place.
History and Theory
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- The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory by Anna Green; Kathleen TroupCall Number: D13.2 .H64 2016The Houses of History provides a comprehensive introduction to the twelve schools of thought which have had the greatest influence on the study of history in the twentieth century, ranging from Empiricism to Postcolonialism, Marxism to the Ethnohistorians.
- The Essential Historiography Reader by Caroline HoefferleCall Number: D13 .H5873 2011
- The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory by Sarah R. I. Foot; Nancy PartnerAvailable as an e-book
- Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline by Peter Lambert, Phillipp SchofieldCall Number: D13 .M2655 2004An exhaustive exploration of the practice of history, historical traditions and the theories that surround them.
- A Global History of Modern Historiography by Georg G. Iggers; Q. Edward Wang; Supriya MukherjeeCall Number: D13 .I34 2017This work takes a global and comparative perspective on the topic of historiography,
- Historiography: Ancient, Medieval and Modern by Ernst BreisachCall Number: D13 .B686 1994This work provides a concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture from its origins in Greek poetry to the 1990s.
- Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography by Kenneth R. StunkelCall Number: D13.2 .S88 2011Introduces some of the most important texts ever written by those who have sought to understand, capture, query and interpret the past. The works covered include texts from ancient times to the present day and from different cultural traditions.
The Oxford History of Historical Writing
- The Oxford History of Historical Writing by Andrew Feldherr, Grant HardyCall Number: D13 .O34 2015This five-volume set aims to provide a selective and authoritative survey of historical writing. Within each volume, leading scholars cover the writing of history organized by geographical region. Each chapter contains a scholarly essay, a timeline and select bibliographies of key primary and secondary sources.
Guide to the Literature
- The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature by Mary B. Norton, Pamela GerardiCall Number: D5 .A55 1995Available in print and as an e-book.
A key reference for starting research on any topic in history. Hundreds of historians from learned societies and university presses around the world have selected and provided commentary on the best works in their fields to provide bibliographic guidance of exceptional breadth, from prehistory to the twentieth century. Divided into sections arranged by chronology and national and regional history, each section is introduced by a brief historiographical essay.