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Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered by Cheng-chung Lai

The essays collected in this volume represent author Cheng-chung Lai's views on Fernand Braudel's concepts, methodology, and principal books. Through an examination of Braudel's contributions to historiography, Lai focuses on the inner logic and insights presented in Braudel's writings.

Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered Reviews

Lai's book is useful for showing how an economic historian interprets and citiques Braudel's works. -- Frederic J. Baumgartner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * Sixteenth Century Journal *
The strengths of this book lie in the lucid exposition, the critical stance and the author's expertise in economic analysis. -- Peter Burke, Emmanuel College Cambridge, UK * European Legacy *

About Cheng-chung Lai

Cheng-chung Lai is Professor of Economics at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Concepts and Methodology: Introduction; Longue duree, Conjoncture, Event-History; Economie-monde (Economic-World); Total History; Methodology; Evaluation Chapter 3 The Mediterranean (1949): Framework; Style; Criticisms; Economics; Conclusion Chapter 4 Civilization and Capitalism (1979): Introduction; Structure and Contents; Comments; Evaluation; Conclusions: Appendix 3.1: Compare with Other Eight Reviews, Appendix 3.2: Uninteresting Parts of the Book Chapter 5 Identity of France (1986): Setting; Framework; Perplexities; Contributions Chapter 6 History of Civilizations (1963): Contents; Is there exists a grammar in the history of civilizations?; History of Civilizations and Current Affairs; A High School Textbook?; On Chinese Civilization; Conclusion Chapter 7 On History (1969): Introduction; Comments; Evaluation Chapter 8 Ecrits sur l'histoire II (1990): Contents; Historical Apprenticeship and Personal Testimony; Price History in Europe, 1450-1750; Two Biographies; Preface to deTocqueville's Souvenirs; Conclusion Chapter 9 Appendix 1: The Italian Model (1974); Appendix 2 Memories of the Mediterranean (1996, 1998); Appendix 3: Two Biographies (1995) Chapter 10 Further Readings Chapter 11 References Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author

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Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered by Cheng-chung Lai

Author

Cheng-chung Lai

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University Press of America

Year published

2004-02-13

Number of pages

138

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Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered by Cheng-chung Lai

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