In Defence of HistoryThis volume combines argument about the nature of history with case studies of how good history is written and researched. Richard Evans is the author of Death in Hamburg (winner of the Wolfson Literary Award for History) and Rituals of Retribution. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The History of History | 15 |
History Science and Morality | 45 |
Copyright | |
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