History's Memory Writing America's Past, 1880-1980

Name: History's Memory Writing America's Past, 1880-1980
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ISBN: 9780674016057

ISBN-10: 067401605X

ISBN-13: 9780674016057

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ellen Fitzpatrick

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Enthusiasts and critics both have looked to the political upheavals of the 1960s to explain recent transformations in historical study. But how new, in fact, are our contemporary approaches to the study and writing of American history? This question lies at the heart of History's Memory, Ellen Fitzpatrick's sweeping study of the past century of American historical writing. Through careful examination of hundreds of historical essays and books, Fitzpatrick has uncovered striking continuities in the writing of American history. The contributions of earlier scholars, some of them outside the mainstream of the historical profession, reveal that interest in the history of women, African…

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List price: $34.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034

Ellen Fitzpatrick is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire and author of Endless Crusade: Women Social Scientists and Progressive Reform.



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Industrial Society and the Imperatives of Modern History



Advancing a Progressive New History



Native Americans and the Moral Compass of History



History, Class, and Culture between the World Wars



The Myth of Consensus History


Epilogue


Notes


Index