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The Whig Interpretation of History - Couverture souple

Butterfield, Herbert

 
9780393003185: The Whig Interpretation of History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393003183 ISBN 13 : 9780393003185
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1965

Synopsis

It is not as easy to understand the past as many who have written it would have us believe. The historians who look at it from the Protestant, progressive, "19th Century gentleman" viewpoint are defined by Professor Butterfield as "the Whig historians." The Whig historian studies the past with reference to the present. He looks for agency in history. And, in his search for origins and causes, he can easily select those facts that give support to his thesis and thus eliminate other facts equally important to the total picture.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
1965
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393003183
ISBN 13 
9780393003185
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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