{"product_id":"9781581349238-histories-and-fallacies","title":"Histories and Fallacies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblems Faced in the Writing of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA primer for dealing with conceptual and methodological problems in history and presents classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistories and Fallacies\u003c\/em\u003e is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood. Each chapter in \u003cem\u003eHistories and Fallacies\u003c\/em\u003e gives an account of a particular problem, examines classic examples of that problem, and then suggests a solution or approach that will bear fruit for the writer or reader of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders who follow Trueman’s deft writing will not just be learning theory but will already be practicing fruitful approaches to history. \u003cem\u003eHistories and Fallacies\u003c\/em\u003e guides both readers and writers of history away from dead ends and methodological mistakes, and into a fresh confidence in the productive nature of the historical task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944618274913,"sku":"9781581349238","price":13.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34503018.jpg?v=1747951149","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781581349238-histories-and-fallacies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}