Plausible Worlds

Plausible Worlds
Author Geoffrey Hawthorn
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
901 20
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

  1. Smoler, Fredric (1999), "Past Tense", American Heritage 50 (5)


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