In Defense of History by Richard J. Evans

In Defense of History

Richard J. Evans

287 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction education history philosophy informative slow-paced

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E. H. Carr's What Is History?, a classic introduction to the field that has held sway for a generation, may now give way to a worthy successor. In his compact, spirited survey, Richard Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from t...

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