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Remembered past

"John Lukacs, author of more than twenty books and hundreds of essays and reviews, is among the most accomplished historians of his generation." "Remembered Past: John Lukacs on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge - A Reader draws together Lukacs's diverse and wide-ranging writings on a variety of interrelated topics. The volume serves at once as an introduction to essential aspects of Lukacs's thought and as an indispensable compendium of his most enduring pieces, many of which have until now been uncollected or located in out-of-print volumes."—Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 922 pages

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