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Edward Hallett Carr

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

June 28, 1892

Died

November 03, 1982

Genre

History, Politics

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Edward Hallett Carr was a liberal realist and later left-wing British historian, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography.

Carr was best known for his 14-volume history of the Soviet Union, in which he provided an account of Soviet history from 1917 to 1929, for his writings on international relations, and for his book What Is History?, in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices.

Educated at Cambridge, Carr began his career as a diplomat in 1916. Becoming increasingly preoccupied with the study of international relations and of the Soviet Union, he resigned from the Foreign Office in 1936 to begin an academic career. From ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 7,703 ratings · 657 reviews · 158 distinct works • Similar authors

	What Is History? 3.94 avg rating — 4,726 ratings — published 1961 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations 4.08 avg rating — 1,319 ratings — published 1939 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929 by Edward Hallett Carr, R.W. Davies 3.85 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1979 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-23, Vol 1 4.20 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1950 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	داستایفسکی: جدال شک و ایمان by Edward Hallett Carr, خشایار دیهیمی (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1931 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romantic Exiles 4.02 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1949 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-23, Vol 2 4.24 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1950 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-23 (History of Soviet Russia, Vol 3) 4.08 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1953 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	International Relations Between the Two World Wars 1919-1939 4.29 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1969 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Comintern and the Spanish Civil War 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Edward Hallett Carr

A History of Soviet Russia (7 books)
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Edward Hallett Carr,

R.W. Davies

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“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
― Edward Hallett Carr, What Is History?

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“History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern period has broadened the struggle in a revolutionary way. Man now seeks to understand, and act on, not only his environment, but himself; and this has added, so to speak, a new dimension to reason and a new dimension to history.”
― Edward Hallett Carr, What Is History?

tags: environment, historiography, history, self-discovery, struggle

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“History consists of a corpus ascertained facts. The facts are available to the historian in documents, inscriptions and so on, like fish in the fishmonger's slab. The historian collects them, takes them home, and cooks and serves them in whatever style appeals to him.”
― Edward Hallett Carr, What Is History?

tags: history

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