| Plausible Worlds | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Geoffrey Hawthorn |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Counterfactual history |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date | August, 1991 (hardcover) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| Pages | 206 pages (hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0521403596 (hardcover) |
| OCLC Number | 22664059 |
| Dewey Decimal | 901 20 |
| LC Classification | 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.