Ranke
Subtitle: The Meaning of History
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Published: July 1977
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780226453491
Subjects: Historiography; Ranke, Leopold von; History - General History; 1795-1886; Biography; Germany; Historians; Historicism; History; Philosophy; Ranke, Leopold von,
Description: "Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 ? 23 May 1886) was a German positivist historian and a founder of modern source-based history. Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources (Empiricism), an emphasis on narrative history and especially international politics (Aussenpolitik)."--Wikipedia.