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.