What is History?A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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People do not expect the historian to predict that revolution will break out in Ruritania next month . The kind of con- clusion which they will seek to draw , partly from spe- cific knowledge of Ruritanian affairs and partly from a ...
People do not expect the historian to predict that revolution will break out in Ruritania next month . The kind of con- clusion which they will seek to draw , partly from spe- cific knowledge of Ruritanian affairs and partly from a ...
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The human beings whose behaviour is made the object of analysis and prediction may be warned in advance by the prediction of consequences unwelcome to them , and be induced by it to modify their action , so that the prediction , however ...
The human beings whose behaviour is made the object of analysis and prediction may be warned in advance by the prediction of consequences unwelcome to them , and be induced by it to modify their action , so that the prediction , however ...
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of existing economic conditions , predicts an approach- ing boom or slump may , if his authority is great and his arguments cogent , contribute by the very fact of his prediction to the occurrence of the phenomenon predicted .
of existing economic conditions , predicts an approach- ing boom or slump may , if his authority is great and his arguments cogent , contribute by the very fact of his prediction to the occurrence of the phenomenon predicted .
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| Titel | What is History? George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay lectures, 1961 Trevelyan lectures |
| Autor/in | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Original von | die University of Virginia |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Jan. 2009 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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