Carl Becker: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Analyses of Becker’s contribution to history are found in Charlotte W. Smith, Carl Becker: On History & the Climate of Opinion (1956, reissued 1973); Cushing Strout, The Pragmatic Revolt in American History: Carl Becker and Charles Beard (1958, reprinted 1980); and Burleigh T. Wilkins, Carl Becker: A Biographical Study in American Intellectual History (1961).

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Added "Carl Lotus Becker" as a title variant. Feb 27, 2012
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