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... historians such as Francis Parkman . By the end of the century the writing of American history became a profession ... historian to gain understanding of the activities and motivations of mankind . In this day of instant communication ...
... historians such as Francis Parkman . By the end of the century the writing of American history became a profession ... historian to gain understanding of the activities and motivations of mankind . In this day of instant communication ...
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... historian Arnold Toynbee stresses the importance of travel in the life of a historian ; he believes that travel ought to have precedence for one who writes or teaches history . You will understand people better if you see their environ ...
... historian Arnold Toynbee stresses the importance of travel in the life of a historian ; he believes that travel ought to have precedence for one who writes or teaches history . You will understand people better if you see their environ ...
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... historian and should be a goal for all historians . It certainly is an important part of the research of writers like the world's foremost naval historian , Samuel Eliot Morison . Believing in seeing for himself the places about which ...
... historian and should be a goal for all historians . It certainly is an important part of the research of writers like the world's foremost naval historian , Samuel Eliot Morison . Believing in seeing for himself the places about which ...
Contents
Writing History For Todays Readers | 1 |
Using your own experience Things you see Conversations with | 19 |
The Historian As Explorer | 48 |
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