List of historians by area of study - Ancient history. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Peter Green - Ancient Greece and Macedon Herodotus Josephus Barbara Levick (born 1932, British) - Roman emperors Livy Howard Hayes Scullard (1903-1983) - Roman civilization Ronald Syme (1903 - 1989) - Classical period Suetonius Tacitu ...

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Philosophy of history: Frank Ankersmit (ed), A New Philosophy of History, 1995, ISBN 0226021009 E. H. Carr, What is History? 1961, ISBN 039470391X R.G. Collingwood, The Idea of History, 1936, ISBN 0192853066 Geoffrey Elton, The Practice of History, 1969, ISBN 0631229809 Richard J. Evans In Defence of History, 1997, ISBN 3579108642 Keith Jenkins, Rethinking History, 1991, ISBN 0415304431 Arthur Marwick, The Nature of History< ...

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Philosophy of history: Frank Ankersmit (ed), A New Philosophy of History, 1995, ISBN 0226021009 E. H. Carr, What is History? 1961, ISBN 039470391X R.G. Collingwood, The Idea of History, 1936, ISBN 0192853066 Geoffrey Elton, The Practice of History, 1969, ISBN 0631229809 Richard J. Evans In Defence of History, 1997, ISBN 3579108642 Keith Jenkins, Rethinking History, 1991, ISBN 0415304431 Arthur Marwick, The Nature of History< ...

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The modern role of the historian (and the discipline of history) is a somewhat recent construction. The job of the historian has been important for thousands of years, to the extent that the definition of history has frequently been simply recorded history. The closely allied job of the chronicler often produces similar work as the historian and they are often considered together. The chronicler usually records events as they happen, so they engage less in delving back into history and there is often less historical analysis in their work. M ...

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History is a term that refers to information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human people, families, and societies. Knowledge of history is often said to encompass both knowledge of past events and historical thinking skills. Traditionally, the study of history has been considered a part of the humanities. However, in modern academia, history is increasingly classified as a social science, especially when chronology is the focus.Including:

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• History - History and prehistory
• History - Etymology
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Some of the common questions of historiography are: Who wrote the source (primary or secondary)? For primary sources, we look at the person in his or her society, for secondary sources, we consider the theoretical orientation of the approach for example, Marxist or Annales School, ("total history"), political history, etc. What is the authenticity, authority, bias/interest, and intelligibility of the source? What was the view of history when the source was written? Was history supposed to prov ...

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Conal Furay and Michael J. Salevouris define "historiography" as "the study of the way history has been and is written--the history of historical writing... When you study 'historiography' you do not study the events of the past directly, but the changing interpretations of those events in the works of individual historians." (The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide, 1988, p. 223, ISBN 0882959824) Although questions of method have concerned historians since Thucydides, many trace the modern study of historiography ...

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Some of the common questions of historiography are: Who wrote the source (primary or secondary)? For primary sources, we look at the person in his or her society, for secondary sources, we consider the theoretical orientation of the approach for example, Marxist or Annales School, ("total history"), political history, etc. What is the authenticity, authority, bias/interest, and intelligibility of the source? What was the view of history when the source was written? Was history supposed to prov ...

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Conal Furay and Michael J. Salevouris define "historiography" as "the study of the way history has been and is written--the history of historical writing... When you study 'historiography' you do not study the events of the past directly, but the changing interpretations of those events in the works of individual historians." (The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide, 1988, p. 223, ISBN 0882959824) Although questions of method have concerned historians since Thucydides, many trace the modern study of historiography ...

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List of historians - A. Irving Abella, Canadian historian & author Robert G. Albion, maritime history Gar Alperovitz, American historian, wrote Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima & Potsdam Ida Altman, American historian, colonial Spain & Latin America Stephen Ambrose, (1936–2002), American historian, U.S. history Charles McLean Andrews, (1863–1943), American historian, U.S. colonial history Joyce Appleby, seventeenth- and eighteenth-centu ...

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List of historians - A. Irving Abella, Canadian historian & author Robert G. Albion, maritime history Gar Alperovitz, American historian, Hiroshima Ida Altman, American historian, colonial Spain & Latin America Stephen Ambrose, (1936–2002), American; WW2, U.S. political Charles McLean Andrews, (1863–1943), American; U.S. colonial history Joyce Appleby, American; US early national Herbert Aptheker, (1915–2003), American; African Ame ...

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Because history is such a large subject, organization is crucial. While several writers, such as H.G. Wells and Will Durant & Ariel Durant, have written universal histories, most historians specialize. There are several different ways of classifying historical information: Chronological (by date) Geographical (by region) National (by nation) Ethnic (by ethnic group)See also:

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In addition to being an interesting topic of study in its own right, historians often claim that the study of history teaches valuable lessons with regard to past successes and failures of leaders, economic systems, forms of government, and other recurring themes in the human story. From history we may learn factors that result in the rise and fall of nation-states or civilizations, motivations for political actions, the effects of social philoso ...

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See full article: Historiography Historiography is the study and analysis of history through a belief system or philosophy. Although there is arguably some intrinsic bias in historical studies (with national bias perhaps being the most significant), history can also be studied from ideological perspectives, such as Marxist historiography. A form of historical speculation known commonly as virtual history ("counterfactual history") has also been adopted by some historians as a means of assessing and exploring the possible ...

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