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What is History? (Pelican) (Paperback)

by Edward Hallett Carr (Author)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (26 Mar 1970)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140206523
ISBN-13: 978-0140206524

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Carr, now proves himself to be ... one of the most valuable contributors to historical theory. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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'As a lively challenging view of the purpose of historical enquiry and the role of historian ...What is History? has yet to be bettered.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars thought provoking - even if you don't agree., 16 Jul 2000

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This review is from: What is History?: The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures Delivered In The University of Cambridge (Penguin History) (Paperback)

Anyone interested in the (currently much disputed) philosophical issues surrounding the study of history should read this one. Carr doesn't sit on the fence - instead makes his position clear and with a refreshingly simple and easy (though nontheless articulate) use of language which is sadly missing from other work in this area of discussion.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking, 30 Jan 2001

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Very intuitive and inspiring. Carr manages to raise questions of many a historian, and concludes by providing his own 'philosophical' slant on the answers. Worth reading if one wishes to broaden their understanding.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of Historiography, 13 Aug 2007

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This review is from: What is History? with a new Introduction by Richard J Evans (Hardcover)

I have always been interested in the theoretical side of history and this remains one of the best books to start with. It has been a few years since I was at University, but this used to be a set text for first year undergraduates, in order to give them some understanding of the 'history of history'. Carr's text is highly readable and his analogies very useful - ie. thinking of historians as merely individuals in a very long, winding procession of people through a mountainous valley - looking back at events going on further back in the queue, their views differing according to whereabouts in the procession he or she was at the time. Still a great starting point for an often complex subject.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A classic
Excellent style and good argumentation, Carr provides a delightful and easy read. Although time (history) has been quite rude to some of his arguments and views in the past 40... Read more

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Overly complex, arrogant and long-winded - I had to read this book for my degree, and hated every second of it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars E.H Carr, a great thinker
EH Carr was a great thinker, and in this series of lectures published in What Is History he tackles deep philosophical questions with a wit and intelligent investigation that is... Read more

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