Offering insights on the wide range of sources that are available from across the globe and throughout history for the study of the history of emotions, this bo

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The first accessible text book on the theories, methods, achievements and problems in this burgeoning field of historical inquiry.

What Is the History of Emotions? offers an accessible path through the thicket of approaches, debates, and past and current trends in the history of emotions. A

The history of emotions is one of the fastest growing fields in current historical debate, and this is the first book-length introduction to the field, synthesi