The phrase "an historical view" is correct and usable in written English, though it may be less common than its alternative.
It can be used when discussing a perspective or interpretation of historical events or contexts, particularly in formal writing.
Example: "In her thesis, she presented an historical view of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on modern society."
Alternatives: "a historical perspective" or "a historical account."
"If you take an historical view, you see that food is in a constant process of evolution.
Thus it is valuable to have an historical view of the changing role of process control in operations and profit/loss measures.
It is also seeking both to celebrate this quintessentially British art form and to extend an historical view of its emergence right back to the illuminated texts of the Middle Ages.
220 p. Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot during the insurrection, August and September 1875; with an historical view of Bosnia, and a glimpse at the Croats, Slavonians, and the ancient republic of Ragusa / By Arthur J. Evans.
Taking an historical view since 1968, when the erect, static symbol was introduced to indicate environmental spaces that were accessible to people who use wheelchairs or manage other disability issues, the Globe piece discusses key players in the new design and bureaucratic stumbling blocks still in the way of the design's more widespread adoption.
Condorcet was inspired by Turgot to write Outlines of an historical view of the Progress of the human mind, a piece that echoes many of Turgot's convictions.
After a historical view of a series of solutions from physical to ICT supported, we present our proposal extensively supported by up-to-date ICT.
Other samples may change this view, however, the sampling strategy we used was to collect samples globally capturing a cross section of current disease with a historical view of the population of S. flexneri without a specific focus on a single serotype grouping or geographic region.
For a historical view we took a look at Columbia's class of 1969.
Provides a historical view of various neurotransmitter or neuromodulatory systems as well as an understanding of how research is conducted at the forefront of neuroscience today.
But he took a historical view of France's culpability.
