American Intellectual Histories and Historians. by Skotheim, Robert Allen

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History and the Enlightenment / Hugh Trevor-Roper ; [edited by John Robertson]. by Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003

Table of Contents: “…The historical philosophy of the Enlightenment -- The Scottish Enlightenment -- Pietro Giannone and Great Britain -- Dimitrie Cantemir's Ottoman history and its reception in England -- From deism to history: Conyers Middleton -- David Hume, historian -- The idea of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire -- Gibbon and the publication of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire 1776-1976 -- Gibbon's last project -- The romantic movement and the study of history -- Lord Macaulay: the history of England -- Thomas Carlyle's historical philosophy -- Jacob Burckhardt.…”
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Conscience and History : a Memoir.

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The future of history / John Lukacs. by Lukacs, John, 1924-2019

Table of Contents: “…Historianship -- Problems for the profession -- Appetite for history -- Re-cognition of history as literature -- History and the novel -- Future of the profession -- Tradition, inheritance, and imagination -- Apologia.…”
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Fortunes of history : historical inquiry from Herder to Huizinga / Donald R. Kelley. by Kelley, Donald R., 1931-

Table of Contents: “…Enlightened history -- History between research and reason -- Expanding horizons -- British initiatives -- German impulses -- French novelties -- German ascendancy -- French visions -- English observances -- Beyond the canon -- American parallels -- New histories.…”
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On the fringes of history : a memoir / Philip D. Curtin. by Curtin, Philip D.

Table of Contents: “…Growing up in central West Virginia -- George School, Swarthmore, and the war years -- After the war and graduate school at Harvard -- Transitions -- First years at Wisconsin -- Comparative tropical history and African studies -- Academic politics in the late 1960s -- To Johns Hopkins.…”
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Witness to History : the Life of John Wheeler-Bennett / Victoria Schofield.

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Confronting history : a memoir / George L. Mosse ; foreword by Walter Laqueur. by Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann), 1918-1999

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : on native ground -- The setting -- Family matters -- Building character in Salem -- Experiencing exile -- Political awakenings -- Gaining a foothold -- The Iowa years -- Finally home -- Confronting history -- Journey to Jerusalem -- Excursus : London as home -- The past as present.…”
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Responsible History. by De Baets, Antoon

Table of Contents: “…Title page-Respensible History; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I-Irresponsible History; Chapter 1-A Theory of the Abuse of History; Chapter 2-The Dictator's Secret Archives; Chapter 3-Defamation Cases against Historians; Part II-Responsible History; Chapter 4-Duties of the Living to the Dead; Chapter 5-The Rights to Memory and History; Chapter 6-A Code of Ethics for Historians; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Nation and history : Polish historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War / edited by Peter Brock, John D. Stanley and Piotr J. Wróbel.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796) -- 2 Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861) -- 3 Józef Szujski (1835-1882) -- 4 Boleslaw Limanowski (1835-1935) -- 5 Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838-1919) -- 6 Tadeusz Korzon (1839-1918) -- 7 Michal Bobrzyński (1849-1935) -- 8 Wladyslaw Smoleński (1851-1926) -- 9 Stanislaw Smolka (1854-1924) -- 10 Aleksander Brückner (1856-1939) -- 11 Oswald Balzer (1858-1933) -- 12 Szymon Askenazy (1865-1935) -- 13 Waclaw Sobieski (1872-1935) -- 14 Waclaw Tokarz (1873-1937) -- 15 Franciszek Bujak (1875-1953) -- 16 Stanislaw Kutrzeba (1876-1946) -- 17 Adam Skalkowski (1877-1951) -- 18 Wladyslaw Konopczyński (1880-1952) -- 19 Natalia Gasiorowska-Grabowska (1881-1964) -- 20 Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) -- 21 Marian Kukiel (1885-1973) -- 22 Stanislaw Kot (1885-1975) -- 23 Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) -- 24 Adam Próchnik (1892-1942) -- Chronology of Polish History -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.…”
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The Consolations of History A Conversation with Teofilo Ruiz. by Burton, Howard

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. The Terror of History -- II. Becoming a Historian -- III. Historical Ruminations -- IV. …”
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History in the plural : an introduction to the work of Reinhart Koselleck / Niklas Olsen. by Olsen, Niklas, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Family, war, university : the various educations of Reinhart Koselleck -- Explaining, criticizing and revising modern political thought -- Social history between reform and revolution -- Program, project, straight jacket : the Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe -- Theorizing historical time and historical writing -- Commemorating the dead : experience, understanding, identity -- The foundations and the future of Koselleck's scholarly program.…”
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History's Babel : scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 / Robert B. Townsend. by Townsend, Robert B., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Establishing a framework for "scientific" history scholarship ; Developing the tools and materials of history research ; Defining a profession of history teaching -- Cracks appear in the edifice of history, 1911 to 1925. …”
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The historian behind the history : conversations with Southern historians / edited by Megan L. Bever and Scott A. Suarez ; introduction by George C. Rable.

Table of Contents: “…Clicking the Trinoculars into Position: A Conversation with Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore -- Matthew L. Downs; 10. History without Boundaries: A Conversation with Pete Daniel -- Kerry M. …”
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Architects of world history : researching the global past / edited by Kenneth R. Curtis and Jerry H. Bentley.

Table of Contents: “…Architects of World History / Kenneth R. Curtis -- En Route to World Environmental History / J.R. …”
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Reading southern history : essays on interpreters and interpretations / edited by Glenn Feldman.

Table of Contents: “…Hill and southern religious history / Ted Ownby.…”
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What history tells : George L. Mosse and the culture of modern Europe / edited by Stanley G. Payne, David J. Sorkin, John S. Tortorice.

Table of Contents: “…George Mosse's comparative cultural history /…”
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My century in history : memoirs / Thomas D. Clark ; foreword by Charles P. Roland ; introduction by James C. Klotter. by Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005

Table of Contents: “…The long road home -- Old place, new place -- A world in change -- The road taken -- Out of the cotton patch -- Big river -- West to Kentucky -- The way to Durham -- Year of decision -- Depression years -- Putting down roots -- Building the special collections -- Years of passage -- Indiana University -- Breaking the racial barrier -- Teaching and lecturing abroad -- An ancient land in the grip of history -- The road to professionalism -- Speaking Kentucky (and a lot of other places) -- The book thieves -- Family -- A time of reckoning.…”
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Essays on French History & Historians : Volume XX. by Mill, John Stuart

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION -- Mignet's French Revolution (1826) -- Modern French Historical Works (1826) -- Scott's Life of Napoleon (1828) -- Alison's History of the French Revolution (1833) -- The Monster Trial (1835) -- Carlyle's French Revolution (1837) -- Armand Carrel (1837) -- Michelet's History of France (1844) -- Guizot's Essays and Lectures on History (1845) -- Duveyrier's Political Views of French Affairs (1846) -- Vindication of the French Revolution of February 1848(1849) -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A. …”
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Pioneering history on two continents : an autobiography / Bruce F. Pauley. by Pauley, Bruce F.

Subjects: “…Historiography United States History 20th century.…”
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