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

Overview

Works:	339 works in 1,581 publications in 5 languages and 28,295 library holdings
Genres:	History Lectures Academic theses Fiction Biography Textbooks Sermons Biographies Historical fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Contributor, Author of introduction
Classifications:	JK128, 342.73

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 )
Carl Becker by Charlotte Watkins Smith( Book )
Can historiography be objective? : an examination of the thought of Carl Lotus Becker and Kenneth Scott Latourette by Taesig Kim( )
A species of literary lion : essays on Morison, Freeman, De Voto and Becker, and the writing of history by David Edward Herold( )
Carl L. Becker by David Freeman Hawke( )
The historiography of Carl L. Becker by Harold E Bauman( Book )
Between science and art : Henry Adams, Carl Becker, and history in America by Kent Blaser( )
Carl Becker's Heavenly city revisited by Raymond Oxley Rockwood( Book )
Carl Lotus Becker (1873-1945) by Guy Stanton Ford( Book )
Michael Kammen papers by Michael G Kammen( )
Carl Lotus Becker( )
History and the climate of opinion: an essay on Carl Becker by Charlotte Watkins Smith( )
From optimism to pessimism in American thinking : a study of the changes in the ideologies of Reinhold Niebuhr, Carl Becker, and Sidney Hook. by Elaine R Heller( )
Generous souls amid catastrophe : Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson, Carl Becker, 1890-1925 by Donald Moore Scott( )
Harold Laski collection by Harold J Laski( )

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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 )

132 editions published between 1922 and 2017 in English and held by 3,676 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 )

120 editions published between 1922 and 2004 in English and Chinese and held by 2,477 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 )

48 editions published between 1918 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,841 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

61 editions published between 1915 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

28 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in English and held by 1,229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1958, Detachment and the Writing of History collects essays and letters by Carl L. Becker in which the noted historian outlines his views on the study of history, the craft of the historian, the art of teaching, and the historical evolution of the idea of democracy. Together, these invaluable writings demonstrate Becker's conviction of the moral seriousness of the historian's calling and of the importance of history as a factor, at once intellectual and artistically imaginative, in the life of society

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

23 editions published between 1935 and 1987 in English and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

28 editions published between 1909 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

35 editions published between 1944 and 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,000 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 )

53 editions published between 1941 and 1964 in 3 languages and held by 976 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 )

56 editions published between 1945 and 1980 in 4 languages and held by 954 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

Progress and power by Carl L Becker( Book )

22 editions published between 1949 and 1965 in English and Italian and held by 665 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

20 editions published between 1927 and 1974 in English and held by 609 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 )

41 editions published between 1945 and 1980 in English and held by 547 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

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

16 editions published between 1943 and 1949 in English and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New liberties for old by Carl L Becker( Book )

18 editions published between 1941 and 1947 in English and held by 514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

35 editions published between 1931 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

11 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

20 editions published between 1920 and 2018 in English and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"According to Carl Becker "if the framers of the Constitution could come back to earth and see what the federal government is doing to-day, they would all agree that this monstrous thing was no child of theirs; for to-day the federal government exercises as a matter of course powers which they never dreamed of." This prescient statement rings as true today as it did when Becker wrote An Experiment in Democracy nearly eighty years ago. This American classic is an engaging, gracefully rendered piece of historical literature as well as a non-ideological meditation on the "meaning of America."Carl Becker's ruminations are invariably provocative, notably wise, and remarkably enduring. He clearly believed in what has been called a "living Constitution," one that must be adapted to changing circumstances and imperatives in America life, and his faith in democracy seems to have strengthened as the decades progressed. In his new introduction, Michael Kammen places this American classic in historical perspective. Kammen sees Becker as more than an archival historian, but rather as a master of the "creative synthesis" looking at familiar sources in fresh ways and developing new points of view that were frequently revisionist and, on occasion, radically arresting. Much has changed between 1920 and the present; but Carl Becker's sagacity persists, just as his expository prose will continue to please a new generation of historians and students of American social history. Carl Becker was the author of "Kansas"; The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas; Modern History: The Rise of a Democratic, Scientific, and Industrial Civilization; "Benjamin Franklin"; "Everyman His Own Historian"; The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers; How New Will the Better World Be?; and Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life."--Provided by publisher

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

Our great experiment in democracy; a history of the United States by Carl L Becker( )

11 editions published between 1920 and 2010 in English and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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