It’s a book lamenting the tendency for history to focus on smaller and smaller topics and lengths of time, rather than attempting grander understanding of trends and forces. It also talks about the important role of history in informing policy, and even in understanding possible futures. The summary discusses some significant pushback, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
On the ‘History is a story’ point, Jo Guldi and David Armitage’s ‘History Manifesto’ might be relevant (available open-access here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/the-history-manifesto/AC1A1EC711AE91A4F9004E7582D79AFD , summarised here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/687177 ).
It’s a book lamenting the tendency for history to focus on smaller and smaller topics and lengths of time, rather than attempting grander understanding of trends and forces. It also talks about the important role of history in informing policy, and even in understanding possible futures. The summary discusses some significant pushback, but it’s interesting nonetheless.