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historiography

historiography

1 9.9
A set of books and articles about a past event or time
  • noun
  • /ˌhɪstəˈrɪəɡrəfi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : historiografía
  • The historiography of the American Civil War has evolved significantly over the past few decades, providing new perspectives on the conflict.
  • American historiography
  • nationalist historiography
  • immigration historiography

So I expect it's it's it's a nonfiction, you know, book of, of Marxist historiography, I imagine.

Examples

  • The peasant is a central figure in West Bank Palestinian expressive culture and historiography.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The dominant interpretation, both in American historiography and nationalist ideology, had been one of rapid and easy assimilation.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Knowledge of the historiography of a period provides the teacher with insights into these two areas:

    Academic text (1991)
  • There is one final point to make within the framework of Reconstruction historiography.

    Academic text (2017)
  • For one thing, most of immigration and ethnic historiography stops with the second generation.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Scandinavian-American historiography is, in one sense, a victim of its own success.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The recent literature of historiography suggests, however, that such a reading is too facile.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Since these contributions, the historiography on maps, painting, and especially empire has grown vastly.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Russian and Soviet historiography about Wilson's legacy seems to be filled with discrepancies.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Glasser's study helps illustrate several developments in the current historiography on Puerto Rico.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

literature
vshistoriography
  • Specialized
138 5.3

All the published writing about a specific subject, like medical studies

is limited to historical writings about a topic or time
corpus
vshistoriography
  • Specialized
15 7.3

A collection of written texts, often all the works of one author

focuses on historical writings rather than a neutral text collection

How Comprehensive

historiography
  • Specialized
1 9.9
study
  • Specialized
2.1
article
  • Literature
1.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

historiography = history (semi-transparent) = history + graphy

The word is still built on 'history' plus '-graphy', but the sense 'the body of historical writings' is a specialized extension rather than a fully obvious combination.

Etymology

Historiography comes from history, meaning 'the story of the past', and -graphy, meaning 'writing', just like in biography or photography. So historiography can mean the collection of books and articles where people write about a topic's history.