Detachment and the Writing of History : Essays and Letters of Carl L. Becker / Carl L. Becker; Phil L. Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Carl L., author.

Contributor:

Sabine, George H.

Snyder, Phil L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prefatory Note

Introduction / Sabine, George H.

I. 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

II. On Education

On Being a Professor

Learning and Teaching

The Art of Writing

Letters on Education

III. 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?

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5017-2098-8

OCLC:

1080551765