Past futures; the impossible necessity of history;

based on the 1996 Joanne Goodman Lectures.

Publication info: Reference and Research Book News ; Portland Vol.19,Iss.3, (Aug 2004): n/a.

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ISBN: 0802089798
TITLE: Past futures; the impossible necessity of history; based on the 1996 Joanne Goodman Lectures.
AUTHOR: Martin, Ged.
PUBLISHER: U. of Toronto Pr.
PUBLISH DATE: 2004
PAGES: 305
PRICE: $50.00
BINDING: Hardcover
SERIES: Joanne Goodman lectures
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION: D16
REVIEW: In this reconstruction of a series of lectures given at the U. of Ontario, Martin (retired, history, U. of
Edinburgh, UK) argues that many of the tasks assumed to be the goals of the historian-- such as establishing
historical causality and divining the intentions of historical actors--are fundamentally impossible. The task of
history should instead be to locate events in time and identify their relationships to each other and ourselves.
Essential to this goal is an interrogation of the notion of significance and the way significance changes over time.
Precisely because the present is provisional, Martin contends, historical conceptions of significance will produce
constantly changing perspectives. (2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

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Publication title: Reference and Research Book News; Portland

Volume: 19

Issue: 3

Pages: n/a

Publication year: 2004

Publication date: Aug 2004

Publisher: Ringgold Inc

Place of publication: Portland

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 Country of publication: United States

Publication subject: Bibliographies, Library And Information Sciences

ISSN: 08873763

Source type: Trade Journals

Language of publication: English

Document type: Book Review

ProQuest document ID: 199667139

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