Sometimes an art : nine essays on 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 o...
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: |
Bailyn, Bernard
(Author) |
Format: | Book
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2015.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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