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.

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Historiography.

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