Revue de synthèse historique
French journal
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founding by Berr
- In Henri Berr
In 1900 he founded the Revue de synthèse historique, a journal devoted to the integration of history and the social sciences, and in 1924 he founded the Centre International de Synthèse in Paris. Meanwhile, he undertook the enormous task of editing a cooperative enterprise entitled L’Évolution de l’humanité, 100 vol.…
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historiography
- In historiography: France
…Berr founded the social-science journal Revue de Synthèse Historique, which attracted contributions from some French historians. Berr’s program for “historical synthesis” was more ambitious than any single historian could achieve; he called for teams of scholars from various disciplines to engage in empirical historical research with the aim of synthesizing…
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