Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Bualuan, Hayat El Eid, Lebanese Historical Thought in the Eighteenth Century. (Routledge Approaches to History) 96 pp. 2023:1 (Routledge, UK) <691-788>
ISBN 978-0-367-90262-9 hard ¥13,102.- (税込) GB￡ 45.99 *

This study of Lebanese historical thought and its role in national identity formation in the eighteenth century focuses on a sample of historians, mainly Christians, who lived and wrote during the Shihabi Emirate from 1697 till the Egyptian invasion in 1831.These historians, who represent different trends in historical writing, were able to develop the idea of Lebanon as a unique entity and as a haven and to underline its specificity and distinctiveness. With a focus on primary sources, this book endeavors to penetrate into the main concerns and ways of thinking at this time when a Lebanese identity started to bloom. In doing so, it discovers a neglected century as a fruitful and rich period in the history of Lebanon and a prelude to nineteenth-century awakening.This book will be of interest to scholars of the history and historiography of Lebanon and the Middle East, with relevance for specialized courses in the fields of history and historiography at universities.

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Nolan, Melanie, Biography: An Historiography. 320 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-1266>
ISBN 978-1-138-38723-2 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-138-38724-9 paper ¥9,683.- (税込) GB￡ 33.99 *

Biography: An Historiography examines how Western historians have used biography from the nineteenth century to the present - considering the problems and challenges that historians have faced in their biographical practice systematically.This volume analyses the strategies and methods that historians have used in response to seven major issues identified over time to do with evidence, including but not limited to the problem of causation, the problem of fact and fiction, the problem of other minds, the problem of significance or representativeness, the problems of perspective, both macro and micro, and the problem of subjectivity and relative truth.This volume will be essential for both postgraduates and historians studying biography.

Santhiago, Ricardo / Hermeto, Miriam (eds.), The Unexpected in Oral History: Case Studies of Surprising Interviews. (Palgrave Studies in Oral History) 270 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-1267>
ISBN 978-3-031-17748-4 paper ¥16,474.- (税込) EUR 69.99 *

How is an oral historian to react when the unexpected emerges, whether in field research or interview analysis? Answers tend to be scattered throughout the scholarly literature or confined to backstage conversations. This book brings the unexpected to the center of the scene and promotes a collective reflection about ways of dealing with uneasy encounters, surprises, and interviews that seem to have gone off the rails. The contributors come from a dozen countries, especially Brazil, where a classic piece about a "great liar" paved the way for this discussion. Rather than eccentric descriptions of unusual situations, these chapters evoke a dense web of reflections about dialogue, the production of oral sources, and the complexities of personal narratives. Theoretically informed but written in an engaging language, the book presents readers with fascinating case studies of the eruptions of the unexpected that occur in oral history research.