Making history
Tools for historical research
Authors: Pablo Pozzi, Mariana Mastrángelo, Pablo A. Vommaro, Fabio Nigra, Daniel Mazzei, Alejandra Pisani, Valeria L. Carbone, Malena López Palmero, Herbert Aptheker, Howard Zinn, Robin D. Kelley.
The ideas for this book arose from the lessons we, the authors of these essays, have learned. Its aim is to pose research problems in history. It is not a methodological manual, but rather an attempt to show how some historians have approached their work and developed diverse methods to find answers. None of the authors in this volume belong to the same "historical school," and in fact, there is little agreement regarding theoretical approaches and historiographical perspectives. It is these contrasts, based on their practices as researchers, that we believe are useful. The goal is to present problems and suggestions to future historians so that each of them, by opening their minds and making their practices more flexible, can find their own method for doing history. The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic coincides with another far-reaching process: the neoliberal-inspired transformation of healthcare systems, which has been underway for at least three or four decades. Another process at the root of the epidemic is the accelerated deterioration of the environment and global warming, which is disrupting ecosystems across the planet. Its determination, then, lies in the confluence of three major processes that characterize globalization. These, in turn, radiate throughout society and have effects on other processes.
ISBN 978-987-722-768-0
CLACSO.
Buenos Aires
March 2021
