What Is History?

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On sale Oct 12, 1967 | 224 Pages | 9780394703916
Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

With uncommon lucidity, Carr manages to cast a light on the proper function of the historian and the vital importance of history in modern society.  

“This is an admirably stimulating and intrepid book, a bold excursion into a region of central importance where most contemporary philosophers and historians, unaccountably, either fear or disdain to tread.” —Isaiah Berlin, New Statesman
Edward Hallett Carr was an English diplomat, historian, writer, journalist, and international relations theorist. He opposed empiricism within historiography. He was best known for his fourteen-volume history of the Soviet Union and his rejection of traditional historical methods and practices. He died in 1982 at the age of ninety. View titles by Edward Hallett Carr

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With uncommon lucidity, Carr manages to cast a light on the proper function of the historian and the vital importance of history in modern society.  

“This is an admirably stimulating and intrepid book, a bold excursion into a region of central importance where most contemporary philosophers and historians, unaccountably, either fear or disdain to tread.” —Isaiah Berlin, New Statesman

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Edward Hallett Carr was an English diplomat, historian, writer, journalist, and international relations theorist. He opposed empiricism within historiography. He was best known for his fourteen-volume history of the Soviet Union and his rejection of traditional historical methods and practices. He died in 1982 at the age of ninety. View titles by Edward Hallett Carr

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