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100 1 _aBrinton, Daniel G.
_q(Daniel Garrison),
_d1837-1899
245 1 3 _aAn Ethnologist's View of History :
_bAn Address Before the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Trenton, New Jersey, January 28, 1896
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2009-07-31
508 _aProduced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"An Ethnologist's View of History" by Daniel G. Brinton is a scholarly address presented at the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society in the late 19th century. This scientific publication examines the relationship between ethnology and history, exploring how the study of human cultures can inform our understanding of historical events and societal developments. Brinton articulates a perspective that challenges traditional historical methodologies, emphasizing the significance of ideas and ideals in shaping human history. In this address, Brinton critiques various popular theories of history, arguing that merely recording events or crafting narratives to support specific ideologies falls short of what true history should accomplish. He asserts that historians must delve deeper—by understanding the social, cultural, and psychological factors that inform a community's character. The work emphasizes the role of language, government, religion, and arts as pivotal in defining ethnic identity. Brinton posits that the conscious pursuit of ideals shapes history and advocates for a holistic approach that considers human reason and the quest for knowledge as vital forces in national and cultural evolution. Through this lens, he calls for historians to adopt a more nuanced and inductive methodology that connects facts to broader human experiences and aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHistory
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29554
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