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History : politics or culture? : reflections on Ranke and Burckhardt /

Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), generally recognized as the founder of the school of modern critical historical scholarship, and Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), the great Swiss proponent of cultural interpretation, are fathers of modern history--giants of their time who continue to exert an immense inf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The impact of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic Age on historical thought
  • Ranke's view of the task of historical scholarship
  • Ranke and the meaning of history
  • Burckhardt's concept of cultural history
  • Burckhardt and the cultural history of his time
  • Ranke and Burckhardt: The common bond.