Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. Table of Contents Introduction : The cultural history of historical thought / Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza -- Historiography in ancient Israel / John Van Seters -- Historical thought in ancient Greece / Philip A. Stadter -- Historical thought in ancient Rome / J.E. Lendon -- Historical thought in medieval Europe / Gabrielle M. Spiegel -- Historical thought in the Renaissance / Paula Findlen -- Historical thought in the era of the Enlightenment / Johnson Kent Wright -- German historical thought in the age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel / Harold Mah -- German historical writing from Ranke to Weber : the primacy of politics / Harry Liebersohn -- National history in the age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft / Thomas N. Baker -- Marxism and historical thought / Walter L. Adamson -- The professionalization of historical studies and the guiding assumptions of modern historical thought / Georg G. Iggers -- The history of armed power / Peter Paret -- Total history and microhistory : the French and Italian paradigms / David A. Bell -- Anthropology and the history of culture / William M. Reddy -- The history of science, or, an oxymoronic theory of relativistic objectivity / Ken Alder -- Language, literary studies, and historical thought / Susan A. Crane -- Psychology, psychoanalysis, and historical thought / Lynn Hunt -- Redefining historical identities : sexuality, gender, and the self / Carolyn J. Dean -- Historicizing natural environments : the deep roots of environmental history / Andrew C. Isenberg -- The new world history / Jerry H. Bentley -- Postcolonial history / Prasenjit Duara -- The multicultural history of nations / Donna R. Gabaccia -- New technologies and historical knowledge / James M. Murray -- The visual media and historical knowledge / Robert A. Rosenstone.