History Professional Scholarship in America

Name: History Professional Scholarship in America
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ISBN: 9780801839528

ISBN-10: 0801839521

ISBN-13: 9780801839528

Edition: Reprint

Authors: John Higham

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"No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does."--Laurence Veysey, University of California, Santa Cruz. "A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have."--Richard L. Bushman, University of Delaware.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.50" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



The Historical Profession



Formative Years



Growth Since 1907



Distribution and Recruitment of Talent



The Historian and His Audience



Theory



Scientific History: The American Orthodoxy



The New History



Relativism



The Renewal of History



American History



The Conservative Evolutionist as Amateur



The Conservative Evolutionist as Professor



The Rise of Progressive History



The Ascendancy of Progressive History



Crisis in Progressive History



A Search for Stability



Legacy



A Time of Troubles



Postscript: Objectivity Reexamined


Index