The Ever-Changing Past

James M. Banner

History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr explores what historians do and why they do it. Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for meaning and a constant source of argument, and why history is so essential to individuals' awareness of their location in the world and to every group and nation's sense of identity and destiny.

Author(s): Banner, James M.
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 02/09/2025
Pagination: 304 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Yale University Press
Published By: Yale University Press
Book Classification: Historiography
Dimensions: 235x156
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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780300283273