Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

David Hackett Fischer

ISBN 10: 0061315451 / ISBN 13: 9780061315459

Published by Harper Perennial, 1970

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Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 x 2.5cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061315451
• ISBN 13: 9780061315459
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 280 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historiography

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Synopsis

"If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, the srcond in laughter, the third in respect....The wisdom is expressed with a certin ruthlessness. Scarcly a major historian escapes unscathed. Ten thousand members of the AmericanHistorical Association will rush to the index and breathe a little easier to find their names absent.

Review

"An important book...in terms of helping an entire generation of scholars who profess to have lost confidence in being historians.""--New York Times Book Review"