Essay in the Study and Writing of History (Volume II)

Dalberg-Acton, John Emerich Edward and J. Rufus Fears ed.

ISBN 10: 0865970483 / ISBN 13: 9780865970489

Published by LibertyClassics, 1985

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cover shows minor shelf wear. a few pen markings throughout, but nothing obscures the text. Volume 2 3.

Seller Inventory # SM0000023801

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essay in the Study and Writing of History (Volume II)
• Publisher: LibertyClassics
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865970483
• ISBN 13: 9780865970489
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: good
• Weight: 3 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - General

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Synopsis

History compels us to fasten on abiding issues and rescues us from the temporary and transient.

Volume II brings together Acton's distinguished writings on history. Included is his famous Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge, "The Study of History."

Writing on many diverse topics, Acton argues that history demonstrates progress and unity through the story of liberty and that the study of history should be impartial, based on archival research, and founded in moral judgment.

About the Author

H B Acton (1908-1974) taught at Bedford College (London), the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Chicago; was editor of Philosophy, the influential journal of the British Royal Institute of Philosophy; and wrote, among other books, The Morals of Markets (1971; Liberty Fund, 1993) and The Philosophy of Language in Revolutionary France (1959).