Conversations about History, Volume 3.
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 diffe...
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| Superior document: | Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.19 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : Open Agenda Publishing,, 2021. Ã2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ideas Roadshow Collections
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
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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.