This book analyses a wide range of historiographical trends from the Renaissance up to the present times, arranged chronologically. It delves into the emergence, growth, climax and partial decline of modernity in historical thoughts and writings, with particular reference to Europe and India. It examines relatively more organized forms of historical thoughts and their expression in historical writings since the Renaissance in Europe and from the late eighteenth century in India. The pre-modern histories are discussed to underline the then prevailing diversity in the representation of past as well as to trace the line of descent to modern historiography, which gradually became overshadowed by the modern historiography and its organized forms.

About the Author

Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay is Professor of History, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi