What is history? Five lectures on the modern science of history

by Karl Lamprecht

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Excerpt from What Is History? Five Lectures on the Modern Science of History The following addresses were published in Freiburg, Germany, during the autumn of 1904, under the title, Moderne Geschichtswissen schaft. The English translation is the work of E. A. Andrews, who secured the aid of Dr. Felix Kruger of the department of philosophy of the University of Leipzig in the matter of psychological terms; Dr. Max Lisner also lent valuable aid. Professor William E. Dodd, of randolph-macon show more College, Virginia, gave the whole a careful revision. To all of these both the author and the translator take this means of expressing their hearty thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. show less

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Intersting as being a view of German history by a capable German scholar (professor at University of Leipzig) just before World War I altered all views of German history,

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