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(3.46) | 2 | From Voltaire to Marx and Engels, this anthology explores history from the viewpoint of historians. The text includes influential works such as "The New Philosophical History" by Voltaire, "History as Biography" by Thomas Carlyle, and "A New Economic History" by R. W. Fogel. "I cannot imagine a more engaging and instructive introduction to the fascinations of historical writing than Fritz Stern's classic The Varieties of History."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., City University of New York "This book contains not only an excellent selection of passages which characterize the ideas and the work of leading historians from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, but the book in its entirety provides a stimulating survey of the entire development of modern historiography."--Felix Gilbert, The Institute for Advanced Study "It is by all odds the best kind of introduction to the study and, what is more, to the enjoyment, of history."--Crane Brinton… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 2 mentions » Add other authors (3 possible) Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Fritz Stern | — | primary author | all editions | calculated | Acton, Lord | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Barzun, Jacques | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Beard, Charles A. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Berr, Henri | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Buckle, Henry Thomas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bury, J.B. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Carlyle, Thomas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Clapham, J.H. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Cochran, Thomas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Coulanges, Fustel de | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Droysen, Johann | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Engels, Friedrich | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Frank, Walter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hofstadter, Richard | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Huizinga, J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Jaurès, Jean | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Macaulay, Thomas Babington | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Marx, Karl | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Müller, K.A. von | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Meinecke, Friedrich | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Michelet, Jules | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mommsen, Theodor | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Namier, L.B. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Niebuhr, Barthold | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Pokrovsky, N.N. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Ranke, Leopold von | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robinson, James Harvey | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Thierry, Augustin | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Trevelyan, G.M. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Turner, Frederick Jackson | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Unwin, George | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Voltaire, Francois | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (2)▾Book descriptions From Voltaire to Marx and Engels, this anthology explores history from the viewpoint of historians. The text includes influential works such as "The New Philosophical History" by Voltaire, "History as Biography" by Thomas Carlyle, and "A New Economic History" by R. W. Fogel. "I cannot imagine a more engaging and instructive introduction to the fascinations of historical writing than Fritz Stern's classic The Varieties of History."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., City University of New York "This book contains not only an excellent selection of passages which characterize the ideas and the work of leading historians from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, but the book in its entirety provides a stimulating survey of the entire development of modern historiography."--Felix Gilbert, The Institute for Advanced Study "It is by all odds the best kind of introduction to the study and, what is more, to the enjoyment, of history."--Crane Brinton ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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