This book, originally published in 1963, discusses the place of history in education and general culture, methods of teaching and how to tackle reading. It deals with problems that are among the most pressing intellectual issues of the twentieth century as well as being a practical handbook, on how to read history.
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- English
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The Use of History
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Index
Acton, Lord, 128-9, 201-2
Adams, Henry, 42, 65, 200-1; —, John, 43; —, J. T., 72, 187
Alfred, King, 8
America, U.S. of, 6, 7-8, 10-11, 22-3, 30, 35-6, 43, 56, 70-1, 110, 158-60, 166-7, 186-7, 199-201; American
Revolution, the, 56, 71, 88, 138, 171-2
Andrews, C. M., 72
Archaeology, 82, 187-8, 194
Architecture, 65, 161-2, 183-5
Armada, the Spanish, 28, 191
Ashley, Sir William, 59-60
Australia, 73
Bacon, Francis, 17, 151, 152
Barth, Karl, 6, 168-9
Beard, Charles, 191
Belloc, Hilaire, 78-9, 195, 202
Bemis, Samuel F., 70
Betjeman, John, 196
Biography, 38-9, 61-2, 70, 79, 145-6
Bismarck, Otto von, 5, 6-7, 169
Bolingbroke, Lord, 99-100
Bossuet, J. B., 17
Bristol, 32, 197
Britain, 8-10, 88, 158-9, 166, 167; British Common-wealth, 72-3, 154, 158
Brogan, D. W., 4, 207
Bryant, Sir Arthur, 4, 79
Buckle, H. T., 192
Burckhardt, J., 67, 121-2, 192
Bury, J. B., 75, 102-3, 156, 206
Butler, Joseph, 112
Butler, Samuel, 170
Butterfield, Herbert, 171-2
Byrd, William, 181, 182
Caesar, Julius, 190
California, 36, 174, 199-200
Cambridge, 185; —, History School, 154
Canada, 73, 170
Carlisle, 32...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- General Introduction
- Preface
- Contents
- I What is the Use of History?
- II The Pleasures of History
- III What History is About
- IV History as Science and Art
- V Historical Thinking
- VI History and Education
- VII History and Culture
- VIII How to Teach Yourself History
- Index
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