Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 0. INTRODUCTION -- 1. SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY -- 3. EMERGENCE OF AN ACADEMIC PROFESSION -- 4. PRINCIPAL FIGURES -- 5. SUCCESSIVE APPROACHES -- 6. HISTORY OF PROBLEMS -- 7. TOWARD HISTORICAL ADEQUACY -- 8. EPILOGUE, 1979 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX TO PERIODICALS MENTIONED -- INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS