Using Ronald Rudin’s Making History in Twentieth Century Quebec as an example, Chris Lorenz introduces the general problems of comparative historiography and stresses the need for a distinct framework for comparing and classifying historiographies. He begins by identifying the role of identity in bridging society and historiography and defines historical identity as collective identity through change in time. Lorenz writes that because historical identity is always relational and constructed by negotiation, it is fundamentally comparable, and historians have to be aware of the frame of reference they use to compare and define this identity. As such, Lorenz proposes a neat analytical matrix of historiographic comparison, using the axes of space and time. Although he also highlights the many opportunities for “messiness” that may arise when comparing historiographies, he stresses that uncovering the origins of this messiness is one of the tasks of a historian.