Telling the Truth about History"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist |
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... that define them as a nation. National histories will still be necessary; so too will be faith in the ultimate goal of an education: the rigorous search for truth usable by all peoples. PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms.
... that define them as a nation. National histories will still be necessary; so too will be faith in the ultimate goal of an education: the rigorous search for truth usable by all peoples. PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms.
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Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic Model of Science IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PART Intellectual Absolutisms.
Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic Model of Science IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PART Intellectual Absolutisms.
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... intellectual ingredient, the mental capital, of the Industrial Revolution. By the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Britain the same people who thought of themselves as enlightened, as teachers and appliers of Newtonian ...
... intellectual ingredient, the mental capital, of the Industrial Revolution. By the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Britain the same people who thought of themselves as enlightened, as teachers and appliers of Newtonian ...
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... intellectual transformation derived from science and technology. The power attributed to Newtonian mechanics is not a gloss that subsequent generations put on the Industrial Revolution. The link between science and industry had been ...
... intellectual transformation derived from science and technology. The power attributed to Newtonian mechanics is not a gloss that subsequent generations put on the Industrial Revolution. The link between science and industry had been ...
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... intellectual neutrality. In this imaginary public sphere of the literate, science would reside, regardless of how much the censors wanted to control it. The invisible republic worked, and Western science flourished in the nascent civil ...
... intellectual neutrality. In this imaginary public sphere of the literate, science would reside, regardless of how much the censors wanted to control it. The invisible republic worked, and Western science flourished in the nascent civil ...
Contents
History Makes a Nation | |
Competing Histories of America | |
Discovering the Clay Feet of Science | |
Postmodernism and the Crisis of Modernity | |
Truth and Objectivity | |
The Future of History | |
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Telling the Truth about History Joyce Oldham Appleby,Lynn Hunt,Lynn Avery Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob Limited preview - 1994 |
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