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Item No. 197: Arthur Goddard: Harry Elmer Barnes -- Learned Crusader. The New History in Action. This is the affectionate tribute and commentary by an assemblage of students, literary and academic colleagues and old friends with a substantial debt to a memorable influence upon their lives, Harry Elmer Barnes. It is no traditional festschrift, wherein a long-respected scholar is honored by a symposium consisting of the efforts of a group of favorite graduate students. There is everything here, from documented essays to kindly and mellow memoirs, all dealing with significant aspects of one of the truly unique influences in the lit¬erary, intellectual and academic world of the last half century. In the field of testimonial vol¬umes there is nothing quite like it. There are estimates and appraisals ranging from nostalgic recollections by boyhood friends to technical studies by men of immense repute in several fields of scholarship from two generations of college and uni¬versity life. There is a varied group of analyses by professional associ¬ates in a number of areas of enterprise and admiring and respectful impressions of Barnes by some of his students over a span of thirty years. The entire effort is il¬lustrated by a portfolio of photo¬graphs selected from a voluminous collection assembled over the years by the subject of the tribute, who has been characterized variously over the years as he learned "crusader," "the last of the universal scholars," and "the grand monarch of the anti-liars of the twentieth century." The subjects covered and the personalities mentioned make this one of the most valuable insights into many of the controversies and contests of this century, centered around the figure of one of those personally involved in most of them. This is not a book which is in¬tended to be read from end to end at a single sitting, but one to be dipped into from time to time at various places, which tends to make its scope even more impres¬sive. It will above all emphasize the achievements of an indefatig¬able, erudite and many-sided man.Half a century ago Harry Elmer Barnes was already an original thinker beginning to be listened to. All through the twenties he was influential in helping shape the intellectual revolution then taking place. Through all the years since he has been active as scholar and teacher. It is good to have in this volume some account of his multiform activities. Joseph Wood KrutchIn a day of ever growing specialization, Barnes has stood out as a master who has made the whole field of social science his own. Leslie A. WhiteDr. Barnes is one of the most distinguished thinkers in the history of American social thought. The present volume brings to the attention of a new generation his acute analyses of the problems which are still with us, and it includes a full account of the career of the author of the most notable series of books in the field in modern times. Huntington CairnsAnyone familiar with the Barnes bibliography must have wondered how any one person in any age of increasing specialization could command such encyclopedic knowledge in a wide range of fields. A partial answer is found in his vast reading. Merle CurtiHis encouragement to his colleagues to engage in productive scholarship, and his efforts to find publishers for their work, resulted in an intellectual awakening which, in my opinion, brought Smith College to the highest point of intellectual activity in its history. Harold U. FaulknerFrom the variety and extent of his contacts and the scope of his scholarly achievements Harry Elmer Barnes can qualify as a true renaissance man. In that respect he is in a unique category as being one of the few men I have ever known who is intellectually equipped to go into any century. Gene M. Gressley
884 pp ., 5.75x8.7", hc, b/w. Ill, bibl., index (1968) , ISBN: - Price with shipping for delivery to: USA Canada (Air) Overseas (surface mail) Overseas (airmail) US$: 9 10 12 13 Put in cart:	Compare Prices