Practice of History

by G.R. Elton

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006540686
• ISBN13: 9780006540687
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Old fashioned but refreshing

Although many of the ideas espoused by Elton in this book are very old fashioned and narrow-minded, such as his views on revisionism and newer trends in source criticism, the majority of the book deals with the subject in a refreshingly straight-forward manner. The language is, on the whole, very clear and the methodical approach in which he puts forward his arguments is very persuasive. I recommend reading this along side another historiographical work such as E. H. Carr's 'What is History?' or Richard J. Evans' 'In Defence of History'.