Fortunes of History: Historical Inquiry from Herder to Huizinga

by Donald R. Kelley

Book Overview

In Fortunes of History Donald R. Kelley offers an authoritative examination of historical writing during the "long nineteenth century"--the years from the French Revolution to those just after the First World War. He provides a comprehensive analysis of the theories and practices of British, French, German, Italian, and American schools of historical thought, their principal figures, and their distinctive methods and self-understandings.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205023
• ISBN13: 9780300205022
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"