This book, originally published in 1977, is a survey of European historiography from its origins in the historians of Greece and Rome, through the annalists and chroniclers of the middle ages, to the historians of the late eighteenth century. The author concentrates on those writers whose works fit into a specific category of writing, or who have inlfuence the course of later h...(展开全部)

Western thought, writes Clarence Glacken in this magisterial, highly influential study, centers on three questions: Was the earth made for a reason? Does the earth shape human life? How have humans affected the earth? Tracing these three questions in turn deep into antiquity, Glacken shows how varied the answers have been. Aristotle, for instance, argued that there was purpose ...(展开全部)

克拉伦斯·格拉肯（1909-1989），美国地理学家，霍普金斯大学哲学博士，加州大学伯克利分校地理系教授，他在地理学研究上的成就，主要是地理学思想史。因写作《罗得岛岸边的痕迹》一书而被称为“伟大的地理学家”。曾任国际地理联合会（IGU）地理学思想史专委会主席的胡森（David Hooson）教授对他的评价是：格拉肯把这门学科即地理学的视野极大地拓展，超越了本世纪绝大多数地理学家。他涉及了一系列思想领域的重大问题，具有罕见的广度与深度。他的学术成就会长久地影响思想界，且跨越众多学科。

克拉伦斯·格拉肯（1909-1989），美国地理学家，霍普金斯大学哲学博士，加州大学伯克利分校地理系教授，他在地理学研究上的成就，主要是地理学思想史。因写作《罗得岛岸边的痕迹》一书而被称为“伟大的地理学家”。曾任国际地理联合会（IGU）地理学思想史专委会主席的胡森（David Hooson）教授对他的评价是：格拉肯把这门学科即地理学的视野极大地拓展，超越了本世纪绝大多数地理学家。他涉及了一系列思想领域的重大问题，具有罕见的广度与深度。他的学术成就会长久地影响思想界，且跨越众多学科。

Western thought, writes Clarence Glacken in this magisterial, highly influential study, centers on three questions: Was the earth made for a reason? Does the earth shape human life? How have humans affected the earth? Tracing these three questions in turn deep into antiquity, Glacken shows how varied the answers have been. Aristotle, for instance, argued that there was purpose ...(展开全部)

Product Description In this book, now published in 10 languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers fraces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and writing have been based, and describes how the newly emerging social sciences transformed historiography followi...(展开全部)

Product Description In this book, now published in 10 languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers fraces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and writing have been based, and describes how the newly emerging social sciences transformed historiography followi...(展开全部)

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call them virtues rather than skills or habits? Historians' Virtues is the first publication to explore these questions in some depth. With case studies from across the centuries, the Element identifies ...(展开全部)

A thrilling, wildly inventive nesting doll of a mystery, in which a young editor travels to a remote village in the Mediterranean in the hopes of convincing a reclusive writer to republish his collection of detective stories, only to realize that there are greater mysteries beyond the pages of books. There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A det...(展开全部)