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What is history? /
"The author shows that the 'facts' of history are simply those which historians have selected for scrutiny. Millions have crossed the Rubicon, but the historians tell us that only Caesar's crossing was significant. All historical facts come to us as a result of interpretative cho...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Langue: | English |
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex :
Penguin Books,
1987.
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| 245 | |a What is history? / |c Edward Hallett Carr. |h English | ||
| 260 | |a Harmondsworth, Middlesex : |b Penguin Books, |c 1987. | ||
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| 500 | |a Shows that the 'facts' of history are simply those which historians have selected for scrutiny. This title includes material which presents the conclusions of the author's notes | ||
| 505 | |a Introductory note Preface to second edition 1. The historian and his facts 2. Society and the individual 3. History, Science and morality 4. Causation in history 5. History as a progress 6. The widening horizon From E. H. Carr's files: Note towards a second edition of What is history? by R. W. Davies Index | ||
| 520 | |a "The author shows that the 'facts' of history are simply those which historians have selected for scrutiny. Millions have crossed the Rubicon, but the historians tell us that only Caesar's crossing was significant. All historical facts come to us as a result of interpretative choices by historians influenced by the standards of their age. Yet if absolute objectivity is impossible, the role of the historian need in no way suffer; nor does history lose its fascination." [Back cover]. | ||
| 650 | |2 History -- Philosophy. | ||
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