Tuchman, Barbara W. - Practicing History (1981)

Tuchman, Barbara W. - Practicing History

Selected Essays

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, eighteen’s edition

Hardcover. Black cloth. Initials in gold on frontboard. Title in gold on spine. With dust jacket and errata glued to the first free endpaper
17 x 24,5 x 3,3 cm.
306 PAGES

GOOD
A dedication in Dutch on the second free endpaper

Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize–winning epic The Guns of August and other classic books, Barbara W. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian’s craft in these perceptive, essential essays.

From thoughtful pieces on the historian’s role to striking insights into America’s past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees.
Spanning more than four decades of writing in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, The Nation, and The Saturday Evening Post, Tuchman weighs in on a range of eclectic topics, from Israel and Mao Tse-tung to a Freudian reading of Woodrow Wilson.
This is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent “practicing history.”

Praise for Practicing History

“Persuades and enthralls . . . I can think of no better primer for the nonexpert who wishes to learn history.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Provocative, consistent, and beautifully readable, an event not to be missed by history buffs.”
—Baltimore Sun

“A delight to read.”—The New York Times Book Review

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history

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