Toward Holistic History: The Odyssey of an Interdisciplinary Historian

Historian, city planner, international lecturer, and early advocate of interdisciplinary study, Corinne Lathrop Gilb draws on disciplines beyond the conventional study of history to explore such diverse topics as symbolism in city planning, biorhythms as determinants of creativity, the intertwined histories of liberalism and corporatism, and the role of beauty in public policy. Woven as a subtext throughout this collection of articles, speeches and other short writings is Dr. Gilb’s inquiry into the dynamic between inner history (the “architecture of self-space”) and outer history. Thought-provoking and entertaining, Toward Holistic History is timely in its call for an historiography that recognizes the “great honeycomb” of pluralisms that defines our world.