Historiography: A History of Historical Writing

This book traces the evolution of historical thought, with special emphasis on recent historiography. Dealing with the historical writings in ancient world such as India, China and the West, it discusses at length the medieval and modern historiography. Delving deep into the developments in historiography during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it describes in detail different approaches to history such as nationalist, Marxist, subaltern, oral, communal, local and regional approaches.