E.H. Carrs What is History?u published in 1961, was a runaway bestseller and an influential examination of history. To commemorate the books 40thanniversary, David Cannadine has gathered an all-star cast of contributors to askand answerE.H. Carrs question for a new generation of historians: What does it mean to study history at the start of the 21stcentury? The contributors then pose this question anew for the most important and lively subfields of history writing today. For example, Alice Kessler-Harris ponders What is gender history now? while Paul Cartledge asks What is social history now?his volume will stand strongly along Carrs classic, paying tribute to his seminal inquiry while moving the debate into new territory, ensuring its freshness and relevance for a new century of historical study.