Conversations about History, Volume 3.

• Superior document: Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.19
• Author: Burton, Howard.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : Open Agenda Publishing,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Ideas Roadshow Collections
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)

Conversations About History, Volume 3, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University;2. Karl Gerth, Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies and Professor of History at UC San Diego;3. Jennifer Michael Hecht, poet, author and historian;4. Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus Professor of International History and the former warden of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford;5. Matthew Stewart, award-winning author and independent scholar.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Sheathing the Bodkin -- Combating Suicide -- A conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht -- Introduction -- I. Different Hats -- II. Facing the Unthinkable -- III. Historical Examinations -- IV. Suffering -- V. Meaning and Mattering -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Epicurean Republic -- A conversation with Matthew Stewart -- Introduction -- I. Setting the Stage -- II. Deism -- III. The Power of Ideas -- IV. The Pursuit of Happiness -- V. The Heart of the Matter -- Continuing the Conversation -- China: Up Close and Personal -- A conversation with Karl Gerth -- Introduction -- I. Filling in the World -- II. History and Demography -- III. Contemporary China -- IV. Environmental Issues -- V. Societal Values -- VI. Catastrophic Scenarios -- VII. Ever Onwards -- Continuing the Conversation -- Eating One's Own -- Examining Civil War -- A conversation with David Armitage -- Introduction -- I. Historical Origins -- II. The Semantic Archaeologist -- III. In Search of a Definition -- IV. Bellum Civile -- V. What Is To Be Done? -- VI. Historical Relevance -- VII. Oceans of Possibilities -- Continuing the Conversation -- For The Love of History -- A conversation with Margaret MacMillan -- Introduction -- I. The Historical Enterprise -- II. Historical Value -- III. Pride and Prejudice -- IV. Professional Insights -- V. Living Historically -- Continuing the Conversation.