What is history? / by Edward Hallett Carr.

Main entry:

Carr, Edward Hallett, 1892-1982.

Title & Author:

What is history? / by Edward Hallett Carr.

Publication:

Description:

209, iii pages ; 19 cm

Series:

The George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures ; 1961

Notes:
"The ... lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge Jan.-Mar. 1961."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The historian and his facts -- Society and the individual -- History, science, and morality -- Causation in history -- History as progress -- The widening horizon.

Summary:

Who is to say how things really were? In formulating a modern answer to the question 'What is History?' Professor Carr shows that the 'facts' of history are simply those which historians have selected for scrutiny. Millions have crossed the Rubicon, but the historians tell us that only Caesar's crossing was significant. All historical facts come to us as a result of interpretative choices by historians influenced by the standards of their age. Yet if absolute objectivity is impossible, the role of the historian need in no way suffer; nor does history lose its fascination. With lucidity, Carr casts a light on the proper function of the historian and the vital importance of history in modern society. -- Provided by publisher.
[In this volume, the author] tackles half a dozen of the most fundamental questions concerning the interpretation of human social experience. He handles each of these with such mastery as we seldom see. -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

039470391X (pbk.)
9780394703916 (pbk.)

Subject:

History Philosophy.
Histoire Philosophie.

Form/genre:

lectures.
Lectures
Conférences.

Added entries:

George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures ; 1961.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293509
Call No.: BIB 238555
Status: Available

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