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Sightseeing of modern history - Rated
Goes a long way in answering the question What is history? Complemets Carr in being more practically oriented. The style requires more effort to concentrate than Carr's but is still quite effortless to read.
good book for a history student - Rated
Contrary to the previous review this book is a good book for undergraduate history students. Jordanova herself states in the prelimanaries of the book that she is not writing a normal book. She geared the book towards students and therefore will not have all of the accepted historical writing rules. The book is good for learning how history relates to other fields as well as what it is like to study history for a living. Do not buy this book if you want to source from it because it is not that kind of book. It is the kind of book a professor would use in a second year historiography course to get students to be interested in history without falling asleep.
Not the best buy ever! - Rated
Jordanova has produced a book that is both infuriating and inaccessable. As a first year History student I was advised to but this as an introduction to the study of history. I would like to tell any other student given this advice - DO NOT BOTHER BUYING THIS BOOK. Whereas it might provide a deep and inciteful account it does not lend itself to a selective read. I challenge anyone to be able to find a usable quote or idea that does not last page and page. Jordanova seems to enjoy making an argument as inconcise as possible. For the student of history there are much better introductions to the subject available. I would recommend Black and MacRaild's 'Studying History' or Tosh's 'In Pursuit of History'
