Let’s hope Queen History can rule in peace
Written by Steven Schwartz on October 17th, 2008
In his book The Poverty of Theory the English historian E P Thompson describes history as the “Queen of the Humanities” .
Thompson was right; all other areas of study come together in history – English, politics, economics, sociology, even mathematics and science. Because history is the story of humanity (although I’m told one Macquarie history […]