Herodotus and Sima Qian : the first great historians of Greece and China : a brief history with documents /
Thomas R. Martin compares the writings of Herodotus in ancient Greece with those of Sima Qian in ancient China to demonstrate the hallmarks of early history writing. While these authors lived in different centuries and were not aware of each other's works, Martin shows the similar struggles tha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Bedford/St. Martins,
[2010]
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| Series: | Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
| Summary: | Thomas R. Martin compares the writings of Herodotus in ancient Greece with those of Sima Qian in ancient China to demonstrate the hallmarks of early history writing. While these authors lived in different centuries and were not aware of each other's works, Martin shows the similar struggles that each grappled with in preparing their historical accounts and how their efforts helped invent modern notions of history writing and the job of the historian. --from publisher description |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 153 pages : maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780312416492 (pbk.) 0312416490 (pbk.) |