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Poskett, James (2020) Science in history. The Historical Journal, 63 (2). pp. 209-242. doi:10.1017/S0018246X18000195 ISSN 0018-246X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X18000195
Abstract
What is the history of science? How has it changed over the course of the twentieth century? And what does the future hold for the discipline? This ‘Retrospect’ provides an introduction to the historiography of science as it developed in the Anglophone world. It begins with the foundation of the Cambridge History of Science Committee in the 1940s and ends with the growth of cultural history in the 2000s. At the broadest level, it emphasizes the need to consider the close relationship between history and the history of science. All too often the historiography of science is treated separately from history at large. But as this essay shows, these seemingly distinct fields often developed in relation to one another. This essay also reveals the ways in which Cold War politics shaped the history of science as a discipline. It then concludes by considering the future, suggesting that the history of science and the history of political thought would benefit from greater engagement with one another.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science -- Historiography, Science -- History -- 20th century, University of Cambridge. History of Science Committee | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Historical Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0018-246X | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 63 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 209-242 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0018246X18000195 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in The Historical Journal http://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X18000195. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2018 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © Cambridge University Press 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 November 2018 | ||||||||
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