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3 giorni fa · History in the Making. John Huxtable Elliott. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780300186383; 256pp.; Price: £17.50. Reviewer: Mr Martin Davies. University of Leicester. Citation: Mr Martin Davies, review of History in the Making, (review no. 1361) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1361. Date accessed: 23 May, 2024.
1 giorno fa · Does history really repeat itself, or can we learn from the mistakes of those who came before us? History provides a chronological, statistical, and cultural record of the events, people, and movements that have made an impact on humankind and the world at large throughout the ages.
4 giorni fa · The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form.
4 giorni fa · 1856: James Harrison produces the world's first practical ice making machine and refrigerator using the principle of vapour compression in Geelong, Australia. 1856: William Henry Perkin invents mauveine, the first synthetic dye. 1857: Heinrich Geissler invents the Geissler tube.
2 giorni fa · For many today What is History? is the most influential book on history thinking published in Britain this century. For many years, however, the methodologically foundationalist wing of the history profession regarded the book as espousing a dangerous relativism.
1 giorno fa · Part of a series on Human history ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) Holocene Timelines Neolithic – Contemporary (10,000 BCE – Present) Age of the human race Recorded history (Common Era) Earliest records Protohistory Proto-writing Ancient Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Axial Age Classical antiquity Late antiquity Africa North America South America Oceania East Asia South Asia ...
5 giorni fa · Chapters are grouped into different forms of history- making including the role of personal collections and material culture in developing historical meaning. Of particular interest are the chapters on family history, historical societies and anniversaries since they do not only provide meeting points with British historical practice but also remind us of the differences.
