Detachment and the writing of history; essays and letters of Carl L. Becker. Edited by Phil L. Snyder.
By: Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus).
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TextPublisher: Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1958]Description: 240 p. 21 cm.Subject(s): HistoriographyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Detachment and the writing of history.DDC classification: 907 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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1. 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 -- 2. On education: On being a professor -- Learning and teaching -- The art of writing -- Letters on education -- 3. 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?
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