TY - JOUR
T1 - Causal argument among historians
T2 - The case of the american civil war
AU - Zarefsky, David
PY - 1980/3
Y1 - 1980/3
N2 - Four generations of historical writing about the causes of the Civil War are identified and, for representative writers from each generation, the method of causal argument is examined. Particular attention is paid to the nature of causal claims, implicit standard of causation, and force of causal argument. Each of these analytical categories reveals variations in the method of argument which correspond to variations in the substance of the causal claim.
AB - Four generations of historical writing about the causes of the Civil War are identified and, for representative writers from each generation, the method of causal argument is examined. Particular attention is paid to the nature of causal claims, implicit standard of causation, and force of causal argument. Each of these analytical categories reveals variations in the method of argument which correspond to variations in the substance of the causal claim.
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U2 - 10.1080/10417948009372449
DO - 10.1080/10417948009372449
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84956366975
VL - 45
SP - 187
EP - 205
JO - Southern Speech Communication Journal
JF - Southern Speech Communication Journal
SN - 0361-8269
IS - 2
ER -