{"product_id":"telling-the-truth-about-history-9780393312867","title":"Telling the Truth about History","description":"This text examines the problem of historical truth. Seeking the roots of contemporary historical study in the Enlightenment, the authors argue that a model of historical research, based on neutrality and objectivity, served historians well until World War II. After that post-modernism suggested history could not reveal the truth about the past and the rise of social history produced a great amount of statistics which effectively swamped the search for historical truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppleby, Joyce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJoyce Appleby\u003c\/strong\u003e (1929--2016) was a professor of history emerita at UCLA, the author of \u003cem\u003eShores of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Relentless Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, and the coauthor of \u003cem\u003eTelling the Truth about History\u003c\/em\u003e, among many other works. A former president of the American History Association, she was awarded the 2009 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Prize for distinguished writing in American history from the Society of American Historians.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunt, Lynn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLynn Hunt\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA, former president of the American Historical Association, and author of numerous works, including \u003cem\u003eInventing Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTelling the Truth about History\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacob, Margaret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMargaret Jacob\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and UCLA professor. Her writings and lectures focus on the work of Newton's immediate followers, and on the British radicals and romantics of the 1790s.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674812911890,"sku":"9780393312867","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eecb6d17-47d0-48cc-bda1-36e7952937ae.jpg?v=1733866184","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/telling-the-truth-about-history-9780393312867","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}