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Marxism and History

  • Textbook
  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Matt Perry
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  • Lively introduction with systematic effort to explain jargon to allow students to deal with the complexity of the issues
    No other book covers the entire tradition of Marxist historical writing from Marx to the present
    Uptodate, and includes recent scholarship and current debates

Part of the book series: Theory and History (THHI)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Wide Panorama of Marxist History

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 9-28

  4. Marx and Engels’s Conception of History

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 29-46

  5. The Historical Writings of Marx and Engels

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 47-64

  6. The Second Generation and the Philosophy and Writing of History

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 65-87

  7. ‘Rescuing the Poor Stockinger’: History from Below

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 88-107

  8. Marxism, Structuralism and Humanism

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 108-128

  9. Marxism and Postmodernism in History

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 129-154

  10. Conclusion

    • Matt Perry
    Pages 155-159

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 160-195
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About this book

Marxism and History examines Marxism's enormous impact on the way historians approach their subject. Tackling current historiographical questions in a lively, jargon-free way, Matt Perry offers a concise introduction to: Marxist views of history; key Marxist historians and thinkers; and the relevance of Marxist theory and history to students' own work.

About the author

MATT PERRY obtained his degree and doctorate at the University of Wolverhampton. He has taught at the University of Sunderland since 1995. His first book was Bread and Work: The Experience of Unemployment 1918-1939.

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