Which Road to the Past?: Two Views of History

by Robert William Fogel, G.R. Elton, William Fogel, Robert; Elton

Book Overview

Two distinguished historians, one an advocate of the new scientific or "cliometric" history and the other a traditional historian, debate the validity of their respective methods of studying the past. While they differ sharply on many issues, in the end they agree that history is a vigorous, evolving discipline able to absorb the best of both scientific and humanistic thought. "Fogel asserts persuasively that cliometrics is best characterized by the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300032781
• ISBN13: 9780300032789
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"