An introduction to the history of history

About this eBook

Author

Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965

Original Publication

New York: Columbia University Press, 1922.

Credits

Tim Lindell, John Campbell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Historiography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79862

Release Date

October 25, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF HISTORY
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE
8. 8.CONTENTS
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.SECTION I INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF HISTORY — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER II PREHISTORY; MYTH AND LEGEND — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER III BOOKS AND WRITING — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE MEASURING OF TIME — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER V EGYPTIAN ANNALS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VI BABYLONIAN, ASSYRIAN AND PERSIAN RECORDS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.SECTION II JEWISH HISTORY — CHAPTER VII THE OLD TESTAMENT AS HISTORY — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII THE PENTATEUCH — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER IX THE REMAINING HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER X THE FORMATION OF THE CANON — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XI NON-BIBLICAL LITERATURE; JOSEPHUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.SECTION III GREEK HISTORY — CHAPTER XII FROM HOMER TO HERODOTUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII HERODOTUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV THUCYDIDES — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XV RHETORIC AND SCHOLARSHIP — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI POLYBIUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII LATER GREEK HISTORIANS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.SECTION IV ROMAN HISTORY — CHAPTER XVIII HISTORY AT ROME; ORATORY AND POETRY — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX ROMAN ANNALISTS AND EARLY HISTORIANS — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.CHAPTER XX VARRO, CÆSAR AND SALLUST — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI LIVY — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII TACITUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII FROM SUETONIUS TO AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.SECTION V CHRISTIANITY AND HISTORY — CHAPTER XXIV THE NEW ERA — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER XXV ALLEGORY AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF ORIGEN — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVI CHRONOLOGY AND CHURCH HISTORY; EUSEBIUS — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.POSTSCRIPT ON MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN HISTORY — CHAPTER XXVII THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY⁠ [1] ⁠ — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.INDEX
38. 38.Untitled
39. 39.Untitled

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