This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of contributors to explore the possibilities and limitations of presence from a variety of perspectives

In this book, Dominick LaCapra continues his exploration of the complex relations between history and literature, considering history as both process and representation.

Refocusing the narrative of 20th-century America on the Catholic presence in the United States.

First published in France in 1956 and now available in English for the first time, this narratological analysis of Thucydides's "History of the Peloponnesian War" highlights the power and sophistication of the Greek historian's rhetoric.

F. R. Ankersmit here for the first time provides a systematic account of his understanding of the nature of historical writing.

Henri Pirenne (1862–1935) was a Belgian historian of international stature. He had an intellectual reputation that extended far beyond the borders of his own country. This book is not merely a writer's oeuvre. It is a life in pictures.

A reference work that can be used to systematically compare social class positions, distilled from a dazzling variety of occupational titles, around the world and over a range of periods.

Maistre emerges from this deeply learned book as the crucial bridge between the Enlightenment and the historicized thought of the nineteenth century.

Exploring historical and cultural representations of the two Russian rulers as they shaped and reflected political shifts.