Subjects:  1. Historiography    2. History & Surveys - General    3. Philosophy    4. HISTORY_PHILOSOPHY    5. History / Historiography    6. Western philosophy   

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Why didn't Christ's followers take notes?
One of the mysteries of Christianity is the lack of proof that Jesus ever existed. Most of what we rely on is found in the New Testament, none of which was penned during Christ�s lifetime. Paul�s letters to various Christian groups around the Middle East were written about twenty years after Christ�s death � and Paul never met Christ while He was alive. The four Gospels all appear to date to after 70 A.D., and it is unlikely that they were written by writers who ever met Jesus. So, all of our main writings about Christ are second hand accounts.Read more

Subjects:  1. Bible    2. Bible - CriticismInterpretation - New Testament    3. Bible - Study - New Testament    4. Bible.    5. Books and reading    6. Christianity - History - General    7. Christianity - Theology - General    8. Christology    9. Gospels    10. Historiography    11. History    12. History of contemporary events    13. Mediterranean Region    14. N.T    15. N.T.    16. Religion    17. Religion - Commentaries / Reference    18. Written communication    19. BCE to c 500 CE    20. BIBLE_STUDY AND TEACHING    21. Christianity    22. History of religion    23. Palaeography (history of writing)    24. Religion / Bible / Study / General   

Subjects:  1. Americas (North Central South West Indies)    2. Anthropology - Cultural    3. Caribbean & West Indies - General    4. Caribbean Area - History    5. Historiography    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Religion (General)    10. American history    11. Anthropology    12. Cultural studies    13. Haiti    14. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / General   

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Thorough and entertaining
This book treats the subject with an erudition and a level of detail proper of a scholar, yet in such an agile and balanced way that it doesn't bore a layman.
Excellent chronicle
This book provides an excellent chronicle of the actual engagement between the English and Spanish fleets. All the details of war (like the number of ships, men, even the quality of food carried on board) are here. Read more

Subjects:  1. Armada, 1588    2. Europe - Great Britain - General    3. Europe - Spain & Portugal    4. Great Britain    5. Historiography    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History, Naval    9. History: World    10. Military - Other    11. Naval History - Modern    12. Philip II, 1556-1598    13. Spain    14. Spain And Portugal - History    15. Tudors, 1485-1603    16. British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500    17. British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700    18. England    19. European history: c 1500 to c 1750    20. History / Spain & Portugal    21. Maritime history    22. Naval forces & warfare    23. c 1500 to c 1600   

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Annoying
I'll read anything to do with the Titanic, but from now on, I'm going to purchase more carefully (or I'll tell other people to do so, this was a Christmas present!) This is one of the most tedious Titanic books I've ever read. (Maybe I've read too many? I own 12!) At 500+ pages long, it doesn't beat the latest Harry Potter book, but with that amount of detail in a book, it took me a fair few weeks to plough through, and that's saying something! The last Titanic book I read was done and dusted in a couple of hours.Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Historiography    3. History    4. History: World    5. Maritime History    6. North Atlantic Ocean    7. Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks    8. Shipwrecks    9. Titanic (Steamship)    10. Transportation   

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A wonderfully in-depth, rich survey of his accomplishments and times
If the name Benjamin Waterhouse doesn't sound familiar immediately, it's because he's a 1754-born doctor who introduced vaccination to the U.S. and promoted the procedure around the country - yet was scorned by the Boston medical establishment. DR. BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE: A LIFE IN MEDICINE AND PUBLIC SERVICE reviews his many achievements, the controversy surrounding them, and his pioneering popularization of the study of natural history in New England. Despite his many achievements, it's surprising to note this is the first major biography covering his life and work - and provides a wonderfully in-depth, rich survey of his accomplishments and times. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. General    7. Historiography    8. History    9. Massachusetts    10. Medical - General    11. Physicians    12. Smallpox    13. United States    14. Vaccination   

Subjects:  1. Historiography    2. History    3. History: World   

Subjects:  1. Europe    2. Europe - General    3. Historiography    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Military - World War II    8. Psychological aspects    9. Social aspects    10. Sociology - General    11. World War, 1939-1945    12. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    13. History, European    14. Political Science/European Pol   

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A Detective Manual for Domestic Mysteries
Everyone can find interest in researching the history of past inhabitants of their house.This book gives step-by-step instructions to identify the names of past inhabitants, how to locate them or their relatives, and learn facts about their lives as well as obtain old photos showing your house in previous incarnations.One can learn about hidden mysteries ranging from hidden rooms to why in the world did they choose THAT interior decoration, etc.
Very useful
Many people are familiar with the idea of tracing your family roots, and learning what history surrounds you. But, this book tells you how you can trace the history of the house you live in! Providing a great deal of suggestions and courses of action, this book tells you how you can find out all sorts of wonderful information on your house. If you are interested in the history of small things, then I highly recommend that your get this very useful book!

A fun, simple, and "user friendly" step-by-step guide
Discovering The History Of Your House And Your Neighborhood by noted house historian Betsy J. Green is a fun, simple, and "user friendly" step-by-step guide to researching the history of a private home. From surfing the Internet, to following a paper trail, Discovering The History Of Your House is a welcome and highly recommended primer to finding out everything you want or need to know about the architectural history of your own home, but didn't know who or how to ask. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Domestic    3. Dwellings    4. Genealogy    5. General    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Historic buildings    8. Historiography    9. Research    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Civilization    3. Education    4. Historiography    5. History    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Study and teaching    8. United States    9. United States - General    10. United States History (General)    11. American history    12. Business & Economics / Economics / General    13. Other prose: from c 1900 -    14. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    15. Social history    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Constitutional    3. Constitutional history    4. Historiography    5. History    6. History: World    7. Judicial process    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal System    11. Slavery    12. United States    13. United States - Civil War    14. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    15. Biography: historical    16. Constitutional & administrative law    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civilization    2. Civilization, Western    3. European literature    4. Historiography    5. History    6. History Of Civilization And Culture (General)    7. History and criticism    8. Legends    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. World - General    12. History / General    13. History of ideas, intellectual history    14. World history   

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for the knowing
Limerick made a huge mark on the study of the American west with her "Legacy of Conquest" so I'll read anything with her name on it. This book is a compilation of speeches and essays, which she has tried to group together thematically. Each essay on its own is interesting, but as a group, they don't work. Each piece was written for a different audience - an environmental group, a commemorative book, historians. It feels rather disjointed. Also, she is often speaking to people with some background knowledge of her subject matter, so she does not always explain references to books, authors, events. I think if someone was looking for an introduction to Western history, this would be one of those works you would read after having read other works. For the new-comer, Legacy of Conquest is a much better introduction.

A Work From the Heart
This book is passionate but eminently fair--a rare combination these days.Whatever your views of cowboys, Indians, gold miners, the U.S.Army,Mexican-Americans, Mormons, Californians, etc. may be, I guarantee you willthink differently about ALL of them and more if you read this book. Iearnestly hope Ms. Limerick will write such a book about the nation as awhole:we need it.

Fertile Soil for Academia
In true "new west" fasion, Dr. Limerick uncovers and more important contextualizes some rather uncomfortable but necessary information about darker moments in the history of the West.HoweverLimerick also moves beyond that paradigm and wittily "reads" whywe read certain aspects of history the way that we do. The book definatelymade me think about how I view the West, both historically and in presenttime.I found the insistent cateloging a bit overdone, but much of thebook is laugh out loud funny.If you are used to reading dull academicprose, this is a wonderful breath of Colorado-fresh air (a little dry, alittle hot, but resusitating nonetheless). Best of all, she includes threeaddendum pieces, one of which offers some succinct and much needed adviceon writing readable prose.The other, "Dancing with Professors"a sly little piece she wrote for a mass audience on why professors act theway that they do, is worth the book itself. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Historiography    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. U.S. Local History - Western United States    7. United States - 19th Century/Old West    8. United States - State & Local - General    9. West (U.S.)    10. Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas    11. World history   

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The best biography of the best British historian
This is a beautifully written biography of the most famous British historian of the twentieth century. It takes its place as the best book on Taylor, far better than the earlier books by Robert Cole and Adam Sisman. Kathleen Burk, similarly a prolific and professional historian, is especially good on Taylor's methods of work, and on the importance of his contributions to historical knowledge and debate.Taylor was one of the best ever diplomatic historians, yet he was also an inspirational populariser of history. He combined excellent scholarship with an unusual ability to make history accessible, through his many books, newspaper articles, book reviews, lectures at universities, speeches at meetings, and radio and TV talks and appearances.Diplomatic history is rather unfashionable today, but, as he wrote, it "deals with the greatest of themes - with the relations of States, with peace and war, with the existence and destruction of communities and civilisations." He analysed the profound and specific causes of historical events, so we can say that imperialism ensures that there will be wars, yet that each particular war occurs at a particular time for specific reasons.All his writings explored the causes, histories and outcomes of the world wars, but he also wrote about a huge variety of other themes. Unfortunately, Burk does not mention his many newspaper articles opposing the Common Market, a shared antipathy that largely explained his continuing links with Lord Beaverbrook.She concludes that his three finest books were The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918, The Origins of the Second World War, and English History 1914-1945. Other readers will have their own favourites. I would also recommend The troublemakers: dissent over British foreign policy 1792-1939, and Professor A. J. P. Taylor on Europe: the historian who predicted the future.Read more

Subjects:  1. (Alan John Percivale),    2. 1906-    3. 20th century    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. College teachers    9. England    10. Great Britain    11. Great Britain - History - 20th Century    12. Historians    13. Historical - General    14. Historiography    15. History    16. Oxford    17. Taylor, A. J. P    18. History / General   

Subjects:  1. Europe - France    2. France    3. Historiography    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Marriage    8. Masculinity    9. Men's Studies - General    10. Men's Studies - Masculinity    11. Moral and ethical aspects    12. Political aspects    13. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Worthwhile for High School- and College-level writers
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History is slim, but between its covers lies more style and finesse than the Chicago Manual of Style.
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
I've been in college for six years and have written too many history papers.I bought this book this semester (my last semester) and it made writing so much easier.I finally had something concrete to start with.It definately boosted my grades too.

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Rampolla is the diffinitive text on historical citation using the Chicago Manual of Style.They should be using this in high school history classes! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - Academic    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Historiography    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: American   

Subjects:  1. Civilization, Modern    2. Historiography    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History, Modern    6. History: World    7. Intellectual History    8. Intellectual life    9. Miscellanea    10. Social History    11. History / Social History   

Subjects:  1. Evaluation    2. Historiography    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. Textbooks    7. United States    8. United States - General    9. 20th century    10. American history    11. History / United States / General    12. USA    13. c 1700 to c 1800    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Historiography    2. History - General History    3. History: American    4. History    5. USA   

Subjects:  1. Historiography    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Islam    6. Islam - General    7. Middle East - General    8. History / Middle East    9. Islamic studies    10. Middle East    11. World history