دانلود کتاب Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered

The essays collected in this volume represent my views on Braudel's
concepts, methodology and principal books. Chapter 1 appraises his
ve central notions and serves as an overall background to assess
Braudel's contributions to historiography. Chapters 2-4 evaluate his
three main research books, while Chapter 5 examines a rather too dif-
cult book that Braudel wrote for high school students, and Chapters
6-7 review two collections of his major articles. The three appendices
look at Braudel's two minor writings and two biographies
written about him. This book focuses on the inner logic and insights
of Braudel's writings per se and not upon his interactions with the history
community. Analyses related to these broader perspectives can be
found in his two biographies.
Braudel's other writings are not analyzed here. (1) The multiple
collective volumes Histoire ´economique et sociale de la France (Paris:
PUF, 1970-82, “collection Quadrige”, four volumes in nine books),
edited by Braudel and Ernest Labrousse. (2) La M´editerran´ee, in 12
television lms, then transformed into two picture books (1977) with
texts from six other authors, Paris: Arts et M´etiers Graphiques. (3)
L'Europe, Paris: Arts et M´etiers Graphiques, 1982 (transformed from
eight television lms). (4) Venise, Paris: Arthaud (with photographs
of Folco Quilici, 1984). (5) Le monde de Jacques Cartier (a history
of the French navigator Cartier, 1491-1557), Paris: Berger-Levrault,
1984 (picture book).
In his last letter (1823) to Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo wrote:
“And now, my dear Malthus, I have done. Like other disputants, after
much discussion, we each retain our own opinions. These discussions,
however, never inuence our friendship; I should not like you more
than I do if you agree in opinion with me.” The Ricardian spirit applies
here. The story is told that after the village tailor had the greatest
moment of his life in a private meeting with the Pope, his reactions
were “38 short, take in the right shoulder.” I only wish that this is not
the case after my encounter with Braudel.
Permissions to reuse the following published texts in this volume
have been granted by their respective publishers. Chapter 1
“Braudel's concepts and methodology reconsidered”, The European
Legacy, 2000, 5(1):65-86 (Taylor & Francis). Chapter 2 “Braudel's
The Mediterranean after 50 years”, Journal of Mediterranean Studies,
1996, 6(2):323-31 (Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta).
Chapter 3 “Second thoughts on Braudel's Civilization and Capitalism:
15th-18th Century”, Journal of European Economic History,
1995, 24(1):177-93 (Banca di Roma). Chapter 4 “Braudel's Identity of
France”, Journal of European Economic History, 2002, 31(1):185-94
(Banca di Roma). Chapter 5 “Braudel's grammar of civilizations”, The
European Legacy, 1998, 3(3):80-4 (MIT Press). Chapter 6 “Braudel's
On History in retrospect”, Journal of European Economic History,
1993, 22(1):113-20 (Banca di Roma). Chapter 7 “Braudel's Ecrits sur
l'histoire II”, The European Legacy, 1998, 3(3):84-8 (MIT Press). Appendix
1 “The Italian model”, Journal of European Economic History,
1997, 25(3):748-51 (Banca di Roma). Appendix 2 “Braudel's memory
of The Mediterranean”, The European Legacy, 2002, 7(2):225-8
(Taylor & Francis). Appendix 3 “Two biographies on Braudel”, The
European Legacy, 1998, 3(3):89-92 (MIT Press).
Financial support from my university for the publication of this
book is gratefully acknowledged.
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