Virtual history by niall ferguson, 9780241952252, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. As an adolescent in the 1970s, he felt that he wanted to write books but did not know what kind. A virtual history, 16461996 416 niall ferguson notes 441 index 530. Virtual history is the brainchild of niall ferguson, a fellow and tutor in modern history at jesus college, oxford, and the author of a formidable history of the house. A prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics, niall ferguson writes. Niall ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed the pity of war, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time and provides farreaching answers to these intriguing questions. Alternatives and counterfactuals niall ferguson 9780241952252.
A lecture delivered by professor niall ferguson of oxford. In 1997, however, niall ferguson edited a collection of essays that launched the idea of counterfactual history on the world. Doughty none but the most egregiously naive can doubt any longer that the united states is the geopolitical centre of a vast technological empire, the largest and most powerful to date. Niall ferguson the wests six killer apps by robert huebscher may 22, 2012 for five centuries, the west dominated eastern economies. Banking and politics in history a lecture delivered by professor niall ferguson of oxford university, 30 april 2001. Virtual history, he says in his office, was a very important moment in my intellectual development.
Ferguson s ninetypage introduction is a brilliant manifestolike defense of the methodology of counterfactual history and offers a convincing justifica tion of the whole enterprise. Alternatives and counterfactuals edited by niall ferguson historiographical counterfactuals and historical contingency tucker 1999 history and theory wiley online library. In literature, the genre of alternative history has been used for a wide spectrum of purposes. Virtual history hardcover january 1, 2009 by niall ferguson author. Alternatives and counterfactuals by ferguson, niall from amazons fiction books store. This meaty, scholarly collection of essays by gifted historian niall ferguson tackles the controversial topic of counterfactual questions. In this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. Jun 09, 2011 edited by niall ferguson, virtual history applies counterfactual arguments to decisive moments in modern history. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford. It did so by downloading six killer apps from the west.
Edited by niall ferguson, virtual history applies counterfactual arguments to decisive moments in modern history. He is a weekly columnist for the sunday telegraph and the latimes. Alternatives and counterfactuals, picador london, 1997. Ferguson begins his introductory essay to this thoughtprovoking volume with the phrase, what if. Doing so, ferguson placed virtual history within the limits of past perceptions. Niall ferguson has written several fine books that are mustreads for educated people. However, for the scottish historian niall ferguson, editor of the. But, beginning with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, the east has now caught up, according to niall ferguson. Virtual history features contributions from talented, imaginative and wellregarded historians, led by niall ferguson.
The global empire of niall ferguson harvard magazine. Though counterfactual history has been dismissed by some historians as a parlorgame, a red herring, even the complete rejection of history, ferguson will have none of it. What if britain had stayed out of the first world war. Alternatives and counterfactuals paperback 5 may 2011 by niall ferguson author visit amazons niall ferguson page. Dick used an alternative world, in which the axis powers won the second world war and divided the usa between germany and japan, in order to explore the nature of human decency associated with the american ophile japanese occupation in san francisco and fanatic totalitarianism associ ated. His latest book is the war of the world, a global history of the second world war, which was published in june 2006 in the uk september 2006 in the us. What if nazi germany had defeated the soviet union. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Niall ferguson virtual history the pity of war niall ferguson pronounced neal was born in glasgow in april 1964 and was educated at glasgow academy.
Alternatives and counterfactuals edited by niall ferguson historiographical counterfactuals and historical contingency tucker 1999 history and theory. Niall ferguson, virtual history faculty of history. In this essay, he attempts to synthesize elements of each of the previous essays into an account of the last three hundred fifty years that increasingly departs from the history we know, leading to a world in which an increasingly. Fergusons ninetypage introduction is a brilliant manifestolike defense of the methodology of counterfactual history and offers a convincing justifica tion of the whole enterprise. These include the pity of war on wwi, the war of the world about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the armed slave labor camp that was the soviet union, and this book virtual history on counterfactual or what if history. Hamburg business and german politics in the era of. Previously, he was a professor at harvard university and new york university, visiting professor at new college of the humanities and senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford. Virtual history by niall ferguson, 9780241952252, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy virtual history by niall ferguson from waterstones today. He is the author of paper and iron, the house of rothschild, the pity of war, the cash nexus, empire, colossus, the war of the world, the ascent of money, high financier, civilization. A virtual history is something that stays with you much after you have shut the book.
Language and sources info in this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. Alternatives and counterfactuals 1997, which he conceived, edited and partly wrote his involvement arising from his enthusiasm for what has been called. It is, at the very root, the idea of conjecturing on what did not happen, or what might have happened, in order to understand what did happen. Niall ferguson is a senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university, former laurence a. Alternatives and counterfactuals by niall ferguson 2000 english pdf. These include the pity of war on wwi, the war of the world about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the armed slave labor camp that was the soviet union, and this book virtual history on counterfactual or. Virtual history is the brainchild of niall ferguson, a fellow and tutor in modern history at. Historiographical counterfactuals and historical contingency. How would england look if there had been no cromwell. Doing so, ferguson placed virtual history within the limits of.
Niall ferguson is a historian who wrote the pity of war, virtual history and. Niall ferguson is fellow and tutor in modern history at jesus college, oxford. In 2004 time magazine named him as one of the worlds hundred most influential people. Fergusons brilliant 90page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counterfactual history. The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, chimerica, and cryptocurrency in this updated edition, niall ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that. He is the author of paper and iron, the house of rothschilds, and the pity of war. Niall ferguson biography life, family, children, parents. Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a form of historiography that attempts to answer what if questions known as counterfactuals. Virtual history by niall ferguson penguin books australia. He is also a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing, and the dillervon furstenberg family foundation. Historiographical counterfactuals and historical contingency jstor. In 2004 ferguson took a permanent post as a professor of history at harvard university, a defection from britains academic ranks that was judged to be as much the result of his star power as it was an admission that american academics of his reputation can command astronomical salaries. The rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power new york.
Pdf the ascent of money download full pdf book download. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Jun 21, 2011 virtual history by niall ferguson, 9780241952252, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Edited by niall ferguson new york, basic books, 1999 548 pp. Aug 06, 2008 niall ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed the pity of war, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time and provides farreaching answers to these intriguing questions. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing. Virtual history isnt terribleand ferguson is only partwriter, editing together other counterfactual historians to create plausible alternate historiesbut he falls prey to the transport a i havent even rated some of his lesser works as they were just that boring. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and current senior fellow at the center for european studies at harvard university, a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm. It was not, however, through any of these that ferguson first came to receive a measure of international notice as this was achieved through a rather more unusual work virtual history. It is, at the very root, the idea of conjecturing on what did not happen, or what might have happened, in order to understand what. Niall ferguson confronts the hollowing out of a oncegreat field of study, history.
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