Book Reviews : Geoffrey Hawthorn, Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Pp. 206. $44.50 (cloth). G. R. Elton, Return to Essentials: Some Reflections on the Present State of Historical Study. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Pp. 136. $29.95 (cloth [Book Review]

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