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Author: Carlo Ginzburg ,
Anne C. Tedeschi ,
John A Tedeschi
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780520274488
ISBN 10: 0520274482
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 09 January 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A collection of essays by the profoundly original, intellectually wide-ranging, Italian-Jewish historian Carlo Ginzburg . . . an illuminating collection of chapters, deftly translated from the original Italian by Anne C. and John Tedeschi. -- Forward
These essays humanely and generously explore the question of how history ought to be written. -- The Literary Review
"""No other living historian approaches the range of [Ginzburg's] erudition. Every page of Threads and Traces, his latest work to appear in English, offers an illustration of it."" -- Perry Anderson London Review Of Books ""Ginzburg's range is remarkable ... rich in references to and insights about diverse historical perspectives."" Publishers Weekly ""A collection of essays by the profoundly original, intellectually wide-ranging, Italian-Jewish historian Carlo Ginzburg ... an illuminating collection of chapters, deftly translated from the original Italian by Anne C. and John Tedeschi."" -- Benjamin Ivry Forward ""These essays humanely and generously explore the question of how history ought to be written."" -- Jonathan Beckman The Literary Review ""Surprising pace, intellectual range, and learned discourse is typical throughout the book... Artfully constructed essays."" -- Raymond Grew, University of Michigan Jrnl Of Interdisciplinary History ""This is a brilliant text, the product of a scholar of rare breadth and knowledge."" -- Ben McDonald, University of Melbourne Melbourne Historical Jrnl"
""No other living historian approaches the range of [Ginzburg's] erudition. Every page of Threads and Traces, his latest work to appear in English, offers an illustration of it."" -- Perry Anderson London Review Of Books ""Ginzburg's range is remarkable ... rich in references to and insights about diverse historical perspectives."" Publishers Weekly ""A collection of essays by the profoundly original, intellectually wide-ranging, Italian-Jewish historian Carlo Ginzburg ... an illuminating collection of chapters, deftly translated from the original Italian by Anne C. and John Tedeschi."" -- Benjamin Ivry Forward ""These essays humanely and generously explore the question of how history ought to be written."" -- Jonathan Beckman The Literary Review ""Surprising pace, intellectual range, and learned discourse is typical throughout the book... Artfully constructed essays."" -- Raymond Grew, University of Michigan Jrnl Of Interdisciplinary History ""This is a brilliant text, the product of a scholar of rare breadth and knowledge."" -- Ben McDonald, University of Melbourne Melbourne Historical Jrnl
No other living historian approaches the range of [Ginzburg's] erudition. Every page of Threads and Traces, his latest work to appear in English, offers an illustration of it. -- London Review of Books
Author Information
Carlo Ginzburg is retired from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). He is the author of numerous books that have been translated into English including The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller.
