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On History

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University of Chicago Press, Feb 15, 1982 - History - 236 pages
The first English translation ofEcrits sur l'histoire—a collection of essays written over a twenty-year period following publication of Braudel's masterwork,La, Méditerranée—On Historysets forth Braudel's reflections on the intellectual framework of his historical studies. Braudel calls on the historian to penetrate beneath the surface of political events to uncover and measure the forces shaping collective existence. Cycles of production, wages and prices, grids of communication and trade, fluctuations and climate, demographic trends, popular beliefs—all of these phenomena are proper subjects of the historian's investigations. It is only through study of thelongue durée, Braudel argues, that one can discern structure, the supports and obstacles, the limits and his experience cannot escape.

"The great French historian Fernand Braudel has done what only giants can: he has made Western man confront the problem of time—individual time, historical time, relative time,realtime. . . . Braudel, more than any other historian, has wrestled with man's conception of timeover time. . . What a magnificent fight he has fought."—Virginia Quarterly Review
  

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Annales, I do not like you. You are ridiculous and silly and over-reaching. But you somehow weaseled your way into being an important part of historical analysis, so I will pretend to tolerate you for now. Read full review

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Contents

Parti The Mediterranean and
Human Sciences Unity and Diversity
55
Toward a Historical
83
Is There a Geography
105
On a Concept
120
The Present
165
Index
219
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JSTOR: On History
ON HISTORY. By Fernand Braudel. Translated by Sarah Matthews. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1980. Pp. ix + 226. $15.00. Reviewed by Michael Ermarth ...
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Philosophy of History: The Structure of Historical Explanation
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Readings on Time and History
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Where Is "Total History"? Studying (Gender in) Early Modern "Europe"
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HISTORY 601 Philosophy of History and Methodology
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About the author (1982)

Fernan Braudel was the author of several acclaimed histories, including "A History of Civilizations", "On History", "The Structures of Everyday Life", & "The Wheels of Commerce". He died in 1985.

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TitleOn History
AuthorFernand Braudel
Edition9, reprint
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press, 1982
ISBN0226071510, 9780226071510
Length236 pages
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