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Who is the Historian?

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Who is the Historian?

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Who Is the Historian? highlights the skill set imparted to those pursuing a historical education, and clearly demonstrates the value of the historian in the contemporary world

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University of Toronto Press

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144263572X

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Who is the Historian?

By: Nigel A. Raab

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Who is the historian? What do historians do? Where do their explorations take them? What is the impact of the digital age on historical research? In an affable style, Nigel A. Raab answers these questions for those intrigued by the past. Each chapter describes a specific aspect of "doing history," beginning in the physical spaces of archives and libraries around the globe. Readers are then introduced to the sources—texts, oral interviews, films, and objects—which historians interpret. Raab points out that historians do not work alone with their materials; rather, archivists, librarians, and others play a crucial role in what he calls the web of the historian's work. Readers will also learn about the skill set imparted to those pursuing a historical education. In the final chapter, Raab brings all these themes together to demonstrate the value of the historian in the contemporary world.

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1442635746

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The Humanities in Transition from Postmodernism into the Digital Age

By: Nigel A. Raab

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The Humanities in Transition from Postmodernism into the Digital Age

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The Humanities in Transition explores how the basic components of the digital age will have an impact on the most trusted theories of humanists. Over the past two generations, humanists have come to take basic postmodern theories for granted whether on language, knowledge or time. Yet Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and similar philosophers developed their ideas when the impact of this digital world could barely be imagined. The digital world, built on algorithms and massive amounts of data, operates on radically different principles. This volume analyzes these differences, demonstrating where an aging postmodernism cannot keep pace with today’s technologies. The book first introduces the major influence postmodern had on global thought before turning to algorithms, digital space, digital time, data visuals and the concept to digital forgeries. By taking a closer look at these themes, it establishes a platform to create more robust humanist theories for the third millennium. This book will appeal to graduate students and established scholars in the Digital Humanities who are looking for diverse and energetic theoretical approaches that can truly come to terms with the digital world.

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Routledge

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1000091481

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9781000091489

Democracy Burning?

Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914

By: Nigel A. Raab

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Democracy Burning?

Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914

By: Nigel A. Raab

The history of Russia's urban fire departments and the authoritarian elements of a growing public sphere.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773537791

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9780773537798

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

By: Nigel Raab

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The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

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In The Crisis from Within, Nigel Raab explores weaknesses that emerge when using interdisciplinary theories in historical analysis. With chapters that focus on knowledge, language, memory, imagining and inventing, and civil society, the analysis reveals how theoretical applications can be the source of interpretive confusion. By drawing from a global range of historical works, Nigel Raab demonstrates how this problem concerns all historical sub-fields. From science in the seventeenth century to communism in the twentieth century, theories often overdetermine analysis in a way the historian never intended. After the enthusiastic reception of theory for over a generation, The Crisis from Within argues that the time has come to pause and think seriously about how we wish to proceed with theory.

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BRILL

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9004292721

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9789004292727

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

By: Nigel Raab

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Book's by Nigel A. Raab

Who is the Historian?

Who is the Historian?

Who is the Historian?

Who is the Historian?

The Humanities in Transition from Postmodernism into the Digital Age

The Humanities in Transition from Postmodernism into the Digital Age

Democracy Burning?

Democracy Burning?

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities

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