PRACTICING HISTORY: Selected Essays
by Tuchman, Barbara W
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0345303636
- ISBN 13
- 9780345303639
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About This Item
NY, Knopf, 1981.. Soft cover. Good. Octavo, softcover, VG red pictorial wraps. 306 tanned pp. Tuchman divides her book into three parts. First, "The Craft", in which she sets forth her view of the actual writing of history: the means, the techniques, and the opportunities of her metier. Second, "The Yield", in which she presents a wide range of subjects. Finally, the section "Learning from History". All but two of the essays in this book have been previously published. There is also a brief, charming essay on libraries and the "rare thrill in research, " and an exploration of the problems she encountered while writing her biography of Stillwell. A quote from this book: "But with all sorts of people being encouraged to ramble effortlessly and endlessly into a tape recorder, prodded daily by an acolyte of Oral History, some veins of gold and a vast mass of trivia are being preserved which would otherwise have gone to dust.
Synopsis
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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- Title
- PRACTICING HISTORY: Selected Essays
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345303636
- ISBN 13
- 9780345303639
- Publisher
- NY, Knopf, 1981.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1982-08-12
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