Understanding history an introduction to analytical philosophy of history
Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to ga...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
University of Ottawa Press
1992.
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Collection Philosophica ; 42. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38070790*spi |
| Sumario: | Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past. Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged "profitabili. |
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| Descripción Física: | xiii, 121 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 115-121). |
| ISBN: | 9780776617374 9780776603551 |
