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Publication Date: 1974
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Ancient and Modern Interpretive Historians Speak to These Times
Sanders, Jennings B.
Social Studies, 65, 6, 266-270, Nov 74
This article examines the meaning given to the study of history from the ancient Greeks to the modern day. Emphasis is placed on the idea that history does not merely chronicle facts but attempts to interpret why events occur and their significance to the past, present and future. (DE)
Descriptors: Historians, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Western Civilization
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