{"product_id":"detachment-and-the-writing-of-history-essays-and-letters-of-carl-l-becker-paperback","title":"Detachment and the Writing of History: Essays and Letters of Carl L. Becker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl L. Becker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhil L. Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGeorge H. Sabine\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958, \u003ci\u003eDetachment and the Writing of History\u003c\/i\u003e collects essays and letters by Carl L. Becker in which the noted historian outlines his views on the study of history, the craft of the historian, the art of teaching, and the historical evolution of the idea of democracy. Together, these invaluable writings demonstrate Becker's conviction of the moral seriousness of the historian's calling and of the importance of history as a factor, at once intellectual and artistically imaginative, in the life of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl L. Becker (1873-1945) taught at Cornell University, where he was John Wendell Anderson Professor of History and University Historian, from 1917 to 1941. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Declaration of Independence\u003c\/i\u003e (1922) and \u003ci\u003eThe Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003es (1932).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131413467271,"sku":"9780801490590","price":35.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b2d2ac2ac518adf2569c9644192489ac.webp?v=1732618763","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/detachment-and-the-writing-of-history-essays-and-letters-of-carl-l-becker-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}