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Aspects of European History: 1494-1789 (Studies in Culture and Communication)
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Product Description
Lee's book takes an analytical approach to a wide range of topics in early modern European history, from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, showing a variety of methods that can be used to present a theme or argument in an essay or exam.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #614208 in Books
- Published on: 1984-07-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Customer Reviews
Superficial
This is an interesting and accessible introduction to early modern European history, nothing more. Some effort is made to discuss the current state of research in the field, but the book is twenty years old and starting to look out of date - the bibliography is a good indication of this! Each chapter is so brief (most just a few pages) that no detailed treatment of the subject can be given, with just a few superficial points being covered. This book certainly wouldn't be of use to an A level student, I needed much more information for my essays than was available here. If you're looking for a readable and accessible introduction, then this is fine, but for anything more than a whistle-stop tour, you'll find yourself wishing you'd bought something more detailed.
A Useful Starting Point
Lee's book will be of use to students, mainly at AS/A2 level, but might just be of help to struggling undergraduates. Lee's book is not a 'text book' in the conventional sense, rather, as the title suggests, it examines aspects of history in this period.
The advantage of Lee's book is that it examines many of the key issues and problems which students are asked to examine within the time frame of the book and which are often the subject of essays and examination questions. For this alone, the volume is valuable.
Lee attempts to present the 'historiography' (that is to say, the views of different students) surrounding particular questions, however, newer historical work is rather lacking.
In short, this is a useful book for students at an early stage in their studies or when thinking about an essay he/she has to write. But, it should only be used/can only be used alongside a more thorough and detailed text book supplemented with more in depth reading, particularly of newer studies.
