Detachment and the Writing of History: Essays and Letters of Carl L. Becker - Softcover

Becker, Carl L.

 
9780801490590: Detachment and the Writing of History: Essays and Letters of Carl L. Becker
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ISBN 10: 0801490596 ISBN 13: 9780801490590
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1958, Detachment and the Writing of History collects essays and letters by Carl L. Becker in which the noted historian outlines his views on the study of history, the craft of the historian, the art of teaching, and the historical evolution of the idea of democracy. Together, these invaluable writings demonstrate Becker's conviction of the moral seriousness of the historian's calling and of the importance of history as a factor, at once intellectual and artistically imaginative, in the life of society.

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About the Author

Carl L. Becker (1873–1945) taught at Cornell University, where he was John Wendell Anderson Professor of History and University Historian, from 1917 to 1941. His many books include The Declaration of Independence (1922) and The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers (1932).

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801490596
ISBN 13 
9780801490590
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Editor
Snyder Phil L.

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