Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 121 pages). |
Series |
Philosophica ; no. 42 |
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Collection Philosophica ; 42.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121). |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Preface; CHAPTER 1 History: Practice and Theory; CHAPTER 2 Knowledge; CHAPTER 3 Reality; CHAPTER 4 Traditional History; CHAPTER 5 Rational Economic Man; CHAPTER 6 Economic Reality; CHAPTER 7 Conclusion; Bibliography and Further Reading. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL star |
Summary |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
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Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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Historiography.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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History -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00958266
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Geschiedfilosofie.
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Analytische filosofie.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gorman, J.L. (Jonathan L.), 1946- Understanding history. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 1992 (DLC) 92090193 |
ISBN |
9780776617374 (electronic bk.) |
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0776617370 (electronic bk.) |
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0776603558 |
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9780776603551 |
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