Teggart, Frederick J. — Theory of History

New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine. xix, 231 pages ; 24 cm. Introduction -- Part 1. The study of events -- 1. The activities of the historian -- 2. The characteristics of historical narrative -- 3. The aims of the academic historian -- 4. National history and world history -- 5. The logical implications of historical narrative -- 6. The concept of cause in history-writing -- Part 2. The study of change -- 7. The aims of historical and evolutionary inquiry -- 8. The idea of progress and the foundations of the comparative method -- 9. The sociological method of Auguste Comte -- 10. The influence of Comte on the study of anthropology -- 11. The study of evolution in the nineteenth century -- 12. Events in relation to the study of evolution -- Part 3. The study of the present -- 13. The method of science -- 14. The investigation of differences in human groups -- 15. The method of Hume and Turgot -- 16. Illustrations of present difficulties. G. Boards have sunning around edges. fraying to cloth at head/tail of spine and at corners. Front and rear joints begining to crack near top. Previous owners name penned inside.