The autonomy of history -- The historical revolution and the scientific revolution -- Butterfield's politics: skeptical liberalism and international relations -- Conclusion: Butterfield's legacy.
Summary:
Kenneth B. McIntyre explores the extraordinary range of Butterfield's work. He shows why the small book The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) achieved such large influence; Butterfield, he demonstrates, has profoundly shaped American and European historiography by highlighting the distortions that occur when historians interpret the past merely as steps along the way toward the glorious present. --from publisher description
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