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Author | Geoffrey Hawthorn |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Counterfactual history |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | August, 1991 (hardcover) |
Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
Pages | 206 pages (hardcover) |
ISBN | 0-521-40359-6 (hardcover) |
OCLC | 22664059 |
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LC Class | D16.9 .H39 1991 |
Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences is a 1991 book by Geoffrey Hawthorn, professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge. The book is credited with legitimizing the academic field of counterfactual history.[1]
The book explores three points of divergence: the Black Death, the Korean War, and the influence of Duccio.
References[edit]
- ^ Smoler, Fredric (1999), "Past Tense", American Heritage, vol. 50, no. 5