Resultado de búsqueda
Carl L. Becker. Carl Lotus Becker (September 7, 1873 – April 10, 1945) was an American historian who studied the American Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment in America and Europe.
6 de abr. de 2024 · Carl Becker (born September 7, 1873, near Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.—died April 10, 1945, Ithaca, New York) was an American historian known for his work on early American intellectual history and on the 18th-century Enlightenment.
Carl Becker (September 7, 1873–April 10, 1945) is often listed among the proponents of the “New History” in the early part of the century. He studied under two of its principal proponents, as an undergraduate with Frederick Jackson Turner at Wisconsin before moving on to Columbia to complete his PhD under James Harvey Robinson.
Carl L. Becker was a distinguished professor of American and European history, known for his inspirational teaching. A prolific writer, his works were influential at every level - from the highest echelons of the academy to secondary-school classrooms.
At the time of his presidency, Becker was a professor of history at Cornell University. His publications included The Declaration of Independence (1922), Progress and Power (2nd ed., 1949), and The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers (11th ed., 1955).
Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets...
1 de nov. de 2003 · The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers. Paperback – November 1, 2003. In this volume, the distinguished American historian Carl L. Becker challenges the belief that the eighteenth century was essentially modern in its temper.
