Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic using particular sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches. Scholars discuss historiography by topic—such as the historiography of the United Kingdom, that of WWII, the British Empire, early Islam, and China—and different approaches and genres, such as political history and social history. Beginning in the nineteenth century, with the development of academic history, there developed a body of historiographic literature. …

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UCL: University College London · 1 January 2017 English

In the Cold War Eastern Europe collection, historians have an invitation to explore the variety and complexity of the cultural Cold War. The explosion in cultural traffic across the Iron …

extent, Soviet stories have dominated Cold War historiography. Yet this was, of course, a contest that played


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to anniversaries and commemorations in the Soviet Union. Subjects covered in the file include plans for the sixtieth anniversary of the Soviet Union; analysis of …



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the celebrations to mark the 1300th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian state. The documents cover the work of the British committee …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to requests for information on Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the British government's position on the leading Nazi Martin Bormann, following a report …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents relating to West German federal activities in West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the centenary of the discovery of the tuberculosis germ; an exhibition …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents relating to requests for information held at the Berlin Document Center. Subjects covered in the file include two British researchers who were granted access; reports that …



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to the Yalta victims' memorial in London. Subjects covered in the file include Parliamentary Questions on the subject; a mistake in the wording of the …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal political situation in Yugoslavia. The documents cover discussions with Yugoslav politicians, journalists, academics, and bankers on the country's economic and political …

o . So-called scientific invest- igations, historiography, memoirs and polemics had disparaged the achievements


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