Biography between structure and agency : Central European lives in international historiography /

While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling "life-and-letters" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic struct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berghahn, Volker R. (Volker Rolf), 1938-, Lässig, Simone, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2008.
Colección:Studies in German history ; v. 9.
Temas:
Europeans > Europe, Central > Biography > History and criticism.
Social sciences > Biographical methods.
Européens > Europe centrale > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Sciences sociales > Histoires de vie.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Historiography
Social sciences > Biographical methods
Europe, Central > Historiography.
Europe centrale > Historiographie.
Central Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling "life-and-letters" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic structures, institutions, and organizations, or more recentlywith the daily lives of ordinary people and small communities. The contributors to this volumeall well known senior historiansoffer self-critical reflections on problems they encountered when writing biographies themselves. Some of them also deal with.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 272 pages).
ISBN:9780857450494
0857450492

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