Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 121 pages)
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
9780776603551
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0776617370
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0776603558
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0776617370
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9780776603551
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9780776617374
Series Statement:
Philosophica no. 42
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121)
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Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Additional Edition:
Print version Gorman, J.L. (Jonathan L.), 1946- Understanding history Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 1992
Language:
English
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