Becker, Carl L. 1873-1945.
Detachment and the writing of history; essays and letters of Carl L. Becker. Edited by Phil L. Snyder. - Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1958] - 240 p. 21 cm.
On history: Detachment and the writing of history -- Review of Henry Adams' The degradation of the democratic dogma -- On writing history -- What are historical facts? -- What is historiography? -- Letters on history -- On education: On being a professor -- Learning and teaching -- The art of writing -- Letters on education -- On democracy: Why De Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America -- Europe through the eyes of the Middle West -- The dilemma of liberals in our time -- What is still living in the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson? 1. 2. 3.
58004849
Historiography.
D13 / .B38
907 / B395de
Detachment and the writing of history; essays and letters of Carl L. Becker. Edited by Phil L. Snyder. - Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1958] - 240 p. 21 cm.
On history: Detachment and the writing of history -- Review of Henry Adams' The degradation of the democratic dogma -- On writing history -- What are historical facts? -- What is historiography? -- Letters on history -- On education: On being a professor -- Learning and teaching -- The art of writing -- Letters on education -- On democracy: Why De Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America -- Europe through the eyes of the Middle West -- The dilemma of liberals in our time -- What is still living in the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson? 1. 2. 3.
58004849
Historiography.
D13 / .B38
907 / B395de