Academy and Community: The Foundation of the French Historical Profession
by Keylor, William R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674002555
- ISBN 13
- 9780674002555
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1929. Cloth, x, 286 pages; 25 cm. Based on the author's thesis, Columbia, 1971. Tight, clean copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket toned, with a corner crease/front flap. "In this book Keylor describes the establishment of history as an academic discipline in France between 1870 and 1914 and the formation of the 'scientific' school of historical writing in the French university system." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Prologue; 1. Prelude to Reform, 1866-1870; 2. History's Role in the Regeneration of the Fatherland; 3. The Institutionalization of Historical Study in the New Sorbonne; 4. In Search of La Methode Historique; 5. History as Civic Instruction: The Conflict of Science and Patriotism; 6. The Record Of Scholarly Achievement, 1876-1900; 7. The Challenge of the Science Of Society; 8. Henri Berr and the "Terrible Craving for Synthesis"; 9. The Dissolution of the Republican Consensus; 10. Social Science and the Restoration of the Republican Synthesis; Epilogue; Appendixes; Notes; Works Cited; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- Academy and Community: The Foundation of the French Historical Profession
- Author
- Keylor, William R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0674002555
- ISBN 13
- 9780674002555
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo
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