Making History

Encompassing a huge diversity of influences this book offers a fresh perspective on the study of the past. It is an exhaustive exploration of the practice of history, historical traditions and the theories that surround them.

Peter Lambert is Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and has published on historiography. Phillipp Schofield is Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the author of Peasant and Community in Medieval England, 1200-1500.

Introduction  Part 1: The Professionalization of History  Part 2: Challenges to the Statist Paradigm  Part 3: Interdisciplinarity  Part 4: Social Movements and Theory into History  Part 5: Conclusion: History and Power