{"id":34827,"date":"2023-03-10T20:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=34827"},"modified":"2023-03-10T20:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:43:48","slug":"an-introduction-to-historical-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=34827","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Historical Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historical comparison as a method of historical analysis goes back to Herodotus in antiquity, yet it was not until the 1920s through the work of historian Marc Bloch that it was recognised as a solid historical method. Even today, some historians are wary of applying a comparative lens to their work. Why is this, Mikhail Krom asks, when historical comparison can be an incredibly insightful approach to history?<br><br>Designed as a helpful resource for historians, <em>An<\/em> <em>Introduction to Historical Comparison<\/em> aims to teach scholars how to develop the skills needed to successfully employ a comparative methodology. It begins by tracing the intellectual history of comparative history writing and then examines the practice of historical comparison. The result is a clear and engaging analysis of historical thinking and a useful guide to main methodological techniques, successes, and pitfalls of comparative research.<br><br><em>An Introduction to Historical Comparison <\/em>is the first comprehensive study of the theory and practice of comparative-historical research. Combining a wide range of case-studies from the best practitioners of historical comparison with an innovative interdisciplinary perspective, this book is thus a meaningful contribution to current debates on historiography. As such, this resource will be of immense value to both students reading historiography and methodology and to historians looking to apply a comparative approach to their own research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduction: The Paradoxes of Historical Comparison<br><br><strong>Part I: Historical Comparison from Herodotus to the Present<\/strong><br>1. Historical Comparison: From Classical Antiquity to the Enlightenment<br>2. Historicism and Comparative Method in the 19th and early-20th Centuries<br>3. The Lessons of Max Weber and Marc Bloch<br>4. The Rise of Comparative Studies in History in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century<br>5. New Challenges: Cultural Transfers, Histoire Croisee, Transnational History, and Criticism of Traditional Comparative History<br>6. Comparative-Historical Sociology<br><br><strong>Part II: Historical Comparison in the Search of Method<\/strong><br>7. Does Method Exist?<br>8. The Functions of Comparison and its Specifics in Historical Research<br>9. The Choice of Objects for Comparison: Types of Historical Comparison<br>10. Recommendations for Newcomers to Historical Comparison<br><br><strong>Part III: The Themes of Comparative Historical Research<\/strong><br>11. Comparison in Economic History<br>12. Comparison in Political History<br>13. Comparison in Social History<br>14. Comparative Studies in the History of Nationalism, Empires, and Colonialism<br><br>Conclusion<br>Select Bibliography<br>Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Product details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published 28 Jul 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Format Paperback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edition 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extent 168<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 9781350202115<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imprint Bloomsbury Academic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dimensions 234 x 156 mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/introduction-to-historical-comparison-9781350202115\/\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/introduction-to-historical-comparison-9781350202115\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Comparison.jpg?fit=360%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53394,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=53394","url_meta":{"origin":34827,"position":0},"title":"Enzo Traverso, &#8220;Singular Pasts: The &#8220;I&#8221; in Historiography&#8221;","author":"Branimir Jankovi\u0107","date":"15. svibnja 2026.","format":false,"excerpt":"Translated by Adam Schoene Columbia University Press Pub Date: November 2022 Today, history is increasingly written in the first person. 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