A brilliant essay on what history is and how historians work, by one of the most admired scholars and writers in the field. A successor to the classic What Is History? by E. H. Carr.
"The Landscape of History explores recent, surprising convergences of natural science and human history and does so with clarity, charm and easy erudition. Gaddis's book is a real tour de force: a delight to read, and a light-hearted celebration of the odd, 'fractal' patterns that intellectual and other forms of human and natural history exhibit."--William H. McNeill