... historical research in extraordinary detail, stimulated by the techniques of Sir Lewis Namier. Perhaps in reaction to this increasing emphasis, G. M. Trevelyan reasserted the principle of history as an art as well as a scientific study. 14 The adherents of the "new social history- sought to replace the previous emphasis of most historians on political history with a range of ... included the inheritance of acquired characteristics as the operative force of evolution, his whole theory was ridiculed and discredited for many years. Subaltern: Subalterns, Rebels, and Outcastes: Explorations...

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