de L'Histoire Consideree Comme Science - Lacombe, Paul

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Résumé :
Paul Lacombe (1834-1919) had a varied career as a historian, senior official and general inspector of libraries and archives. He was one of the most brilliant minds of his day: in 1859 he graduated as first in his class from the elite ?cole Nationale des Chartes, and he was made Chevalier de la L?gion d'Honneur in 1887. In 1894, Lacombe published this groundbreaking work, which put him at the heart of the debate about l'histoire science - history served by scientific inquiry - at a time of intense controversy among historians and sociologists. Lacombe insisted on the need for the historian to make strict selections of evidence and to establish a hierarchy among facts. He also laid the foundations of a history which brings social and economic factors to the forefront of investigation. The book remains important and relevant to historians, sociologists and ethnologists....

Sommaire:
Pr?face; 1. Le domaine de l'histoire science et ses limites; 2. Des rapports de la psychologie et de l'histoire; 3. De l'homme g?n?ral donn? par la psychologie; 4. L'urgence; 5. Les m?thodes de l'histoire; 6. Revue des institutions; 7. L'homme temporaire ou historique; 8. Des divers degr?s de civilisation; 9. R?le primordial de la richesse; 10. Le travail, le savoir, l'?pargne, conditions de la richesse et leurs effets; 11. Autre condition: l'outillage; 12. Les inventions capitales et leurs effets; 13. Causes psychiques et sociales du progr?s; 14. L'homme individual et la contingence dans l'histoire; 15. De la loi du progr?s; 16. De la loi du progr?s (suite); 17. La question du progr?s organique; 18. La race, l'h?r?dit?; 19. Les probl?mes historiques; 20. La pr?vision.