Sometimes an art : nine essays on history
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New York : Random House Inc, 2015., Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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Brooks Memorial Library - Nonfiction - 1st Floor
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Published
New York : Random House Inc, 2015., Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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Book
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307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"From one of the most respected historians in America, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a new collection of essays that reflect a lifetime of erudition and accomplishments in history. The past has always been elusive: how can we understand people whose worlds were utterly different from our own without imposing our own standards and hindsight? What did things feel like in the moment when outcomes were uncertain? How can we recover the uncertainties of the past, before the outcomes were known? Whatkind of imagination goes into the writing of transformative history? Are there latent trends that distinguish the kinds of history we now write? How unique was North America among the far-flung peripheries of the early British empire? As Bernard Bailyn argues in this elegant, deeply informed collection of essays, history always combines approximations based on incomplete data, with empathic imagination and the interweaving of strands of knowledge into a narrative which also explains. This is a stirring and insightful work drawing on the wisdom and perspective of a career spanning more than five decades--a book that will appeal to anyone interested in history"--From publisher's website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bailyn, B. (2015). Sometimes an art: nine essays on history (First edition.). Random House Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bailyn, Bernard. 2015. Sometimes an Art: Nine Essays On History. Random House Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bailyn, Bernard. Sometimes an Art: Nine Essays On History Random House Inc, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bailyn, Bernard. Sometimes an Art: Nine Essays On History First edition., Random House Inc, 2015.
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