Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus) 1873-1945

Overview

Works:	277 works in 1,496 publications in 5 languages and 27,554 library holdings
Genres:	History Lectures Textbooks Fiction Biography Sermons Biographies Historical fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Contributor, Author of introduction, Honoree

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Carl L Becker

The pragmatic revolt in American history: Carl Becker and Charles Beard by Cushing Strout( Book )
Carl Becker : a biographical study in American intellectual history by Burleigh Taylor Wilkins( Book )
Carl Becker: on history & the climate of opinion by Charlotte Watkins Smith( Book )
"What is the good of history?" Selected letters of Carl L. Becker, 1900 -1945 by Carl L Becker( Book )
Carl Becker on history and the American Revolution by Robert Eldon Brown( Book )

Cities on the Cedar : a portrait of Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Black Hawk County by Glenda Riley( Book )
A species of literary lion : essays on Morison, Freeman, De Voto and Becker, and the writing of history by David Edward Herold( )
Can historiography be objective? : an examination of the thought of Carl Lotus Becker and Kenneth Scott Latourette by Taesig Kim( )
Carl L. Becker by David Freeman Hawke( )
Between science and art : Henry Adams, Carl Becker, and history in America by Kent Blaser( )
The historiography of Carl L. Becker by Harold E Bauman( Book )
Carl Lotus Becker (1873-1945) by Guy Stanton Ford( Book )
Carl Becker's Heavenly city revisited by Raymond Oxley Rockwood( Book )
History and the climate of opinion: an essay on Carl Becker by Charlotte Watkins Smith( )
Carl Lotus Becker( )
Generous souls amid catastrophe : Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson, Carl Becker, 1890-1925 by Donald Moore Scott( )
The Heritage of Carl Becker by Bernard Mason( Book )
Livingston Farrand papers by Livingston Farrand( )
from Helen Becker by W. T Purdum( )
Carl Becker: a study of liberalism and the history of ideas by Carl Horwich( )

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Most widely held works by Carl L Becker

The Declaration of independence : a study in the history of political ideas by Carl L Becker( Book )

121 editions published between 1922 and 2017 in English and held by 3,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Detailed examination of the political theories formulated in the Declaration of Independence and their historical antecedents

The heavenly city of the eighteenth century philosophers by Carl L Becker( Book )

121 editions published between 1932 and 2004 in English and Chinese and held by 2,495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Lectures delivered in the School of law in Yale university on the Storrs foundation ... April, 1931"--Pref."Published on the Mary Cady Tew memorial fund."--1st prelim. leaf

The eve of the revolution : a chronicle of the breach with England by Carl L Becker( Book )

65 editions published between 1918 and 2004 in English and held by 1,889 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Beginnings of the American people by Carl L Becker( Book )

60 editions published between 1915 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This work presents a brief account of the beginnings, development and final unity of the people of the United States

Everyman his own historian; essays on history and politics by Carl L Becker( Book )

34 editions published between 1932 and 2009 in English and held by 1,284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of political parties in the province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl L Becker( Book )

29 editions published between 1909 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Detachment and the writing of history : essays and letters of Carl L. Becker by Carl L Becker( Book )

32 editions published between 1910 and 1972 in English and held by 1,050 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Freedom and responsibility in the American way of life; five lectures delivered ... at the University of Michigan, December 1944 by Carl L Becker( Book )

54 editions published between 1945 and 1980 in English and held by 1,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

How new will the better world be? A discussion of post-war reconstruction by Carl L Becker( Book )

38 editions published between 1944 and 1971 in English and held by 1,025 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"First edition."An expansion of two articles by the author, "Making democracy safe in the world" and "How new will the better world be?" which appeared in the Yale review for March 1942 and March 1943, respectively. cf. Pref. London edition (H. Hamilton, 1945) has title: Making a better world

Modern democracy by Carl L Becker( Book )

51 editions published between 1941 and 1964 in English and German and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Progress and power by Carl L Becker( Book )

35 editions published between 1936 and 1965 in English and Italian and held by 870 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"'Lectures delivered at Stanford University, on the RaYmond Fred West Memorial Foundation, in April 1935.'"

Safeguarding civil liberty today; the Edward L. Bernays lectures of 1944 given at Cornell university by Carl L Becker( Book )

15 editions published between 1943 and 1949 in English and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New liberties for old by Carl L Becker( Book )

18 editions published between 1941 and 1959 in English and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern history; the rise of a democratic, scientific, and industrial civilization by Carl L Becker( Book )

34 editions published between 1931 and 1958 in English and held by 489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Select readings" at end of each chapter except the first

The spirit of '76 and other essays by Carl L Becker( Book )

19 editions published between 1927 and 1974 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Freedom and responsibility in the American way of life : five lectures delivered on the William W. Cook Foundation at the University of Michigan, December 1944 by Carl L Becker( Book )

40 editions published between 1945 and 1960 in 3 languages and held by 487 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This collection of five lectures comprises a testament both challenging and reassuring: challenging because it clearly defines the magnitude of the dilemma which confronts modern democratic man in a technological society; reassuring, because it clearly states the philosophical ground for belief that modern democratic man can resolve that dilemma

Benjamin Franklin, a biographical sketch by Carl L Becker( Book )

10 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The United States : an experiment in democracy by Carl L Becker( Book )

21 editions published between 1920 and 2018 in English and held by 377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION -- I. AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY -- II. THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA -- III. THE NEW WORLD EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY -- IV. DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT -- V. NEW WORLD DEMOCRACY AND OLD WORLD INTERVENTION -- VI. DEMOCRACY AND FREE LAND -- VII. DEMOCRACY AND SLAVERY -- VIII. DEMOCRACY AND IMMIGRATION -- IX. DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION -- X. DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY

A survey of European civilization by Wallace K Ferguson( Book )

23 editions published between 1936 and 1962 in English and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Napoleon in review by George Gordon Andrews( Book )

7 editions published in 1939 in English and Undetermined and held by 312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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