On the edge of the cliff history, lang uage, and practices / [electronic resource] :
Roger Chartier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochra ne.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.
- viii, 191 p. ; 24 cm.
- Parallax .
- Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Collection of previously published (1983-1994) essays, articles, etc . translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-188) and index.
History between narrative and knowledge -- Four questions for Hayden White -- Michel de Certeau : history, or knowledge of the other -- The chimera of the origin : archaeology of knowledge, cultural history, an d the French Revolution -- Discourses and practices : on the origins of the French Revolution -- Texts, forms, and interpretations -- The powe rs and limits of representation -- Self-consciousness and the social bo nd -- The double bind and detachment -- Sports, or the controlled decon trolling of emotions -- Epilogue : friendship with history : Philippe A riès.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2006. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.