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Name: In Defence of History
Author: Richard J. Evans

📘 In Defence of History by Richard J. Evans

In his compact, spirited survey, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation and powerful computer models to the skilled investigator's sudden insight, all employed with the aim of reconstructing a verifiable, usable past.

First publish date: January 1997

Authors: Richard J. Evans

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