Introduction

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography.

Scope and Coverage

Spanning the earliest known forms of historical writing in the ancient Near East right through to the present and covering developments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, it also touches on the latest topics and debates in the field, such as Big History, Deep History and the impact of the electronic age.

Features

It features timelines listing major dynasties or regimes throughout the world alongside historiographical developments; guides to key thinkers and seminal historical works; further reading; a glossary of terms; and sample questions to promote further debate at the end of each chapter.

Global Perspective

This is a truly global account of the process of progressive intercultural contact that led to the hegemony of Western historiographical methods.