Research Catalog

Title

Theory of history / by Frederick J. Teggart.

Author

Teggart, Frederick John, 1870-1946.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1925.

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Details

Additional Authors

Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund.

Description

xix, 231 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• History > Methodology

Note

• "The present volume is the fifth work published by the Yale University Press on the Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. The study of events. The activities of the historian -- The characteristics of historical narrative -- The aims of the academic historian -- National history and world history -- The logical implications of historical narrative -- The concept of cause in history-writing -- Pt. 2. The study of change. The aims of historical and evolutionary inquiry -- The idea of progress and the foundations of the comparative method -- The sociological method of Auguste Comte -- The influence of Comte on the study of anthropology -- The study of evolution in the nineteenth century -- Events in relation to the study of evolution -- Pt. 3. The study of the present. The method of science -- The investigation of differences in human groups -- The method of Hume and Turgot -- Illustrations of present difficulties.

Call Number

JFE 74-526

LCCN

26001658

OCLC

1156494

Author

Teggart, Frederick John, 1870-1946.

Title

Theory of history / by Frederick J. Teggart.

Imprint

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1925.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund.

Other Form:

Online version: Teggart, Frederick John, 1870-1946. Theory of history. New Haven, Yale University Press; [etc., etc.] 1925 (OCoLC)607159420

Research Call Number

JFE 74-526