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Plausible Worlds

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Plausible Worlds
AuthorGeoffrey Hawthorn
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCounterfactual history
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date
August, 1991 (hardcover)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeHardcover, Paperback
Pages206 pages (hardcover)
ISBN0-521-40359-6 (hardcover)
OCLC22664059
901 20
LC ClassD16.9 .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

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  1. ^ Smoler, Fredric (1999), "Past Tense", American Heritage, vol. 50, no. 5