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A Social History of the Chinese Book
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Joseph P. McDermott
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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In this learned, yet readable, book, Joseph McDermott introduces the history of the book in China in the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800. He assumes litt
A Social History of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 516
Authors: Steven Shapin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-18 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational stat
Logics of History
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: William H. Sewell Jr.
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-27 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. S
Made in America
Language: en
Pages: 523
Authors: Claude S. Fischer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Our nation began with the simple phrase, “We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity
A Social History of England
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Asa Briggs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: Penguin Group

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