Returning view from jQuery AJAX get operation

Returning view from jQuery AJAX get operation

I'm trying to make an asynchronous jQuery get to an MVC Action to return a
view. For some reason, although it accesses the action, it does not render
the view.
This is the jQuery:
function showArchive(url) {
var moreRecentThanDate = $("#chooseDate").val();
$.get(url, { moreRecentThan: moreRecentThanDate });
}
and this is the action :
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult ShowArchive(DateTime moreRecentThan)
{
List<NewIndexViewModel> model = Service.GetArchives(moreRecentThan);
ViewBag.IsArchive = true;
return View("Index", model);
}
PS: I call this jQuery from an ad-hoc modal popup;