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What Is History?

Edward Hallett Carr

What Is History? is a 1961 non-fiction book by historian Edward Hallett Carr on historiography. It discusses history, facts, the bias of historians, science, morality, individuals and society, and moral judgements in history.

“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”

Edward Hallett Carr What Is History?

Source: What Is History?

“It is nonsense to say that generalization is foreign to history; history thrives on generalizations.”

Edward Hallett Carr What Is History?

Chap. 3 : History, Science and Morality
What is History? (1961)

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