The historian's craft; introd. by Joseph R. Strayer. Translated from the French by Peter Putnam.

Author
Bloch, Marc, 1886-1944 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[1st Vintage ed.].
Published/​Created
New York, Vintage Books [1964]
Description
xxi, 197 pages 19 cm

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    Notes
    • "A Caravelle edition."
    • Translation of Apologie pour l'histoire.
    Contents
    • Ch. 1. History, men and time. The choice of the historian
    • History and men
    • Historical time
    • The idol of origins
    • The boundaries between past and present
    • Understanding the present by the past
    • Understanding the past by the present.
    • Ch. 2. Historical observation. General characteristics of historical observation
    • Evidence
    • The transmission of evidence.
    • Ch. 3. Historical criticism. An outline of the history of the critical method
    • In pursuit of fraud and error
    • Toward a logic of the critical method.
    • Ch. 4. Historical analysis. Judging or understanding?
    • From the diversity of human functions to the unity of consciences
    • Nomenclature. Ch. 5. Historical causation.
    ISBN
    • 0394705122 ((paperback))
    • 9780394705125 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    1637071
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