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II. THE USES OF HISTORY

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The Triumph of Time
This chapter is in the book The Triumph of Time

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE vii
  3. CONTENTS xi
  4. 1 THE FOUR FACES OF VICTORIAN TIME 1
  5. II. THE USES OF HISTORY 14
  6. III. THE IDEA OF PROGRESS 34
  7. IV. THE RECESSION OF PROGRESS 53
  8. V. THE IDEA OF DECADENCE 66
  9. VI THE PASSION OF THE PAST 94
  10. VII THE LIVING PRESENT 116
  11. VIII THE ETERNAL NOW 137
  12. NOTES 157
  13. INDEX 181
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674732759.c2

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE vii
  3. CONTENTS xi
  4. 1 THE FOUR FACES OF VICTORIAN TIME 1
  5. II. THE USES OF HISTORY 14
  6. III. THE IDEA OF PROGRESS 34
  7. IV. THE RECESSION OF PROGRESS 53
  8. V. THE IDEA OF DECADENCE 66
  9. VI THE PASSION OF THE PAST 94
  10. VII THE LIVING PRESENT 116
  11. VIII THE ETERNAL NOW 137
  12. NOTES 157
  13. INDEX 181
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