From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography

CONTENTS
Preface
About the Author

PART 1. Historiography from Herodotus to the Twentieth Century
1. What Is Historiography?
_{The Concerns of Historiography - This Book and Its Author - Justifying the Study of the Past - A Short Field Guide to the Varieties of History}
2. History in Ancient and Medieval Times
_{Herodotus and Thucydides - History-Writing in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds - The Origins of Chinese Historiography - History, Judaism, and Christianity - History in the Middle Ages - History in the Chinese and Islamic Worlds - The Late Middle Ages in Europe}
3. The Historiographical Revolution of the Early Modern Era
_{The Renaissance Revolution in Historiography - Historians in a New World - The Age of Print - History in the Age of the Enlightenment}
4. The Nineteenth Century and the Rise of Academic Scholarship
_{The Revolutionary Era and the Development of Historical Consciousness - Ranke and His "Revolution" - Nationalism and Historical Scholarship - History and the Sciences of Society - A Historical Civilization}
5. Scientific History in an Era of Conflict
_{Critiques of Scientific History - World War I and the Understanding of History - The Founding of the "Annales" School - History and World War II - Social History in the Postwar Period - History in the Cold War World}

PART 2. Historiography in the Contemporary World
6. Glorious Confusion: Historiography from the 1960s to the End of the Millennium
_{The Challenges of the 1960s - Searching for a New History - New Paradigms for History - Women's History and the History of Gender Relations - Contesting Eurocentrism - The History of Memory - The "History Wars"}
7. History in a New Millennium
_{A Historical Controversy to End the Millennium - History in the Internet Era - History beyond the Printed Page - New Directions in Historical Scholarship}
8. Historians at Work
_{The Graduate School Experience - Searching for a Job in History - The Quest for Tenure - Professors' Work - Is There Life after Tenure? - History Careers Beyond Academia}
9. Conclusion
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index