History as Art and as Science: Twin Vistas on the Past

by H. Stuart Hughes

Book Overview

"Professor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226359166
• ISBN13: 9780226359168
• Release Date: December 1975
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"