Table of Contents
List of Contributors viii
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza 1
Part I The Pre-modern Origins of Western Historical Thought
1 Historiography in Ancient Israel John Van Seters 15
2 Historical Thought in Ancient Greece Philip A. Stadter 35
3 Historical Thought in Ancient Rome J. E. Lendon 60
4 Historical Thought in Medieval Europe Gabrielle M. Spiegel 78
5 Historical Thought in the Renaissance Paula Findlen 99
Part II The Shaping of Modern Western Historical Thought
6 Historical Thought in the Era of the Enlightenment Johnson Kent Wright 123
7 German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel Harold Mah 143
8 German Historical Writing from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics Harry Liebersohn 166
9 National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft Thomas N. Baker 185
10 Marxism and Historical Thought Walter L. Adamson 205
Part III Patterns in Twentieth-century Western Historical Thought
11 The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought Georg G. Iggers 225
12 The History of Armed Power Peter Paret 243
13 Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms David A. Bell 262
14 Anthropology and the History of Culture William M. Reddy 277
15 The History of Science, Or, an Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity Ken Alder 297
16 Language, Literary Studies, and Historical Thought Susan A. Crane 319
17 Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought Lynn Hunt 337
18 Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender, and the Self Carolyn J. Dean 357
19 Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History Andrew C. Isenberg 372
Part IV Challenges to the Boundaries of Western Historical Thought
20 The New World History Jerry H. Bentley 393
21 Postcolonial History Prasenjit Duara 417
22 The Multicultural History of Nations Donna R. Gabaccia 432
23 New Technologies and Historical Knowledge James M. Murray 447
24 The Visual Media and Historical Knowledge Robert A. Rosenstone 466
Consolidated Bibliography 482
Index 495
