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Robinson, James Harvey

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Robinson, James Harvey (1863–1936)

US historian whose popular Mind in the Making 1921 displays his innovative historical methodology, emphasizing the development of human understanding as opposed to conventional political and economic events.

He was born in Bloomington, Illinois. Educated at Harvard University (BA 1887, MA 1888) and receiving his doctorate in Germany, he taught European history at Columbia University 1895–1919, where his espousal of ‘intellectual history’ greatly influenced students of the day. He collaborated on textbooks with Charles Beard and James Breasted and helped found the New School for Social Research 1919–21.



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