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Annales School and Pakistani Historiography

Abstract

History-writing in Pakistan is generally criticised for ignoring the influences raging at the international level and mainly following a traditional style. In the 20th century, one of the greatest contributions in historiography was made by the French historians, particularly belonging to Annales school. Marc Bloch, Lucien Febvre and Fernand Braudel greatly influenced the practice of historiography. With their innovative approaches and new methodological experimentation, they brought about major changes in the concept of history-writing and thus, expanded the domain of history. However, Pakistani historiography was hardly influenced by this ‘New History’. The present article first introduces the major Annales historians and their new approaches and then attempts to see how these can be utilized for enriching Pakistani historiography.

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