This book is about the production and consumption of history, themes that have gained in importance since the discipline's attempts to disavow its own...
Despite its prominence in public discourse, the notion of elites remains a highly contested and ambiguous part of modern political discourse. This...
Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized...
The second half of the twentieth century saw the publication of massive amounts of literature on Nigeria by Nigerian and non-Nigerian historians. This...
"An intelligent, well-informed and important piece of work... Well-articulated and clearly and fluently written... a particularly worthy addition to...
.Why Bother With History? argues for an increasingly important role for a revitalised historical study. Examining the motivations of past historians...