Word: 18th
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...department) because it is the only social science that actually values the opinions of its subjects. Put another way, historians rely far less on theory than do their fellow social scientists. Bernard Bailyn's brilliant classic, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, investigates the roots of late 18th century American political thought. Had it been written by a professor of another social science, the title might have been something along the lines of Dissent and Its Other: Theoretical Explorations of the 18th Century American Psyche...
...were looking up an 18th century British newspaper, you would have to look under the Berney collection, and not under the individual title of the newspaper," Amory says...
...Keeping the stuff in storage makes it harder for scholars," said Reference Librarian David Paul. "If you're studying economics or business oranother popular department, then the material ishere. But if you study 18th-century France theneverything is in storage. People can't browseanymore...
Alas, Lehman's par at 17 could only bring him within one. But even having failed so narrowly in closing the gap on his three most recent holes, the neophyte still did not panic. On the 18th tee, out came the 1-iron--the smart play. The only play...
...time, developed the concept of national interest while working to prevent the revival of the Holy Roman Empire, which he deemed a threat to France's security even though both were Catholic. No longer were national interests to be equated with religious or moral goals. During the 18th century, balance-of-power diplomacy was perfected by England, an island state with a security interest in preserving equilibrium on the European continent...