Excerpt from A History of Slavery and Serfdom The new spirit which has been introduced into historical inquiry in recent times consists mainly in this, that the whole continuous life of Humanity is seen to be the object with which it has to deal. The picturesque or dramatic presentation of particular events, whilst it must always have its place and value, is more and more subordinated to the study of the fundamental social movement, which it should be the ultimate aim of the historian to understand and explain. About the ...
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Excerpt from A History of Slavery and Serfdom The new spirit which has been introduced into historical inquiry in recent times consists mainly in this, that the whole continuous life of Humanity is seen to be the object with which it has to deal. The picturesque or dramatic presentation of particular events, whilst it must always have its place and value, is more and more subordinated to the study of the fundamental social movement, which it should be the ultimate aim of the historian to understand and explain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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