What is History?
The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge January-March 1961
$37.18
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2018
Summary
One of the great history books of the 20th century, now in Penguin Modern Classics.
“E.H. Carr, author of the monumental History of Soviet Russia, now proves himself to be not only one of our most distinguished historians but also one of the most valuable contributors to historical theory” - Spectator
In formulating an answer to the question of ‘What is History’, Carr argues that the ‘facts’ of history are simply those which historians have chosen to focus on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141010205 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141010207 |
| Author: | E.H. Carr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
E.H. Carr
Edward Hallett Carr was born in 1892. He joined the Foreign Office in 1916 and worked there in many roles until 1936 when he became Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. After the war he became a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and then of Trinity College, Cambridge. His major work was the 14-volume A History of Soviet Russia (published 1950-78). What Is History? is based on his Trevelyan Lectures, delivered in 1961. He died in 1982.
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