Historians in Public The Practice of American History, 1890-1970

Name: Historians in Public The Practice of American History, 1890-1970
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ISBN: 9780226821948

ISBN-10: 0226821943

ISBN-13: 9780226821948

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ian Tyrrell

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Ian Tyrell argues that the perceived threat to history as a profession is recurrent, exaggerated and often misunderstood and that history has adapted to and influenced the American public more than people and historians realise.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Prologue: Finding History in a Queue



The Broken Mirror



What's Wrong with History? The Contemporary Context



The Great Jeremiad: The History of Historical Specialization



Historians and the Masses, 1890-1960



Searching for the General Reader: Professional Historians, Amateurs, and Nonacademic Audiences, 1890-1939



The Crusade against Pedantry and Its Aftermath: Allan Nevins and Friends, 1930s-1950s



Movies Made History and History Made Movies



Radio Days: How the American Historical Association Sought to Meet a Mass Culture



The Problem of the Schools



Contesting the Retreat from the Schools: Progressives and Teachers before World War II



The Patriots' Call: American History and the School Curriculum in War and Peace



Public Histories



Going Public: Public and Applied History, 1890-1930



History Making in the New Deal State



States of War: World War II, the Cold War, and Remaking History



The State, the Local, and the National: Connecting and Disconnecting with Public Audiences


Epilogue: The Forgotten: From the Fifties to the New Left and Beyond


Notes