History

Professional Scholarship in America
Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-0-8018-3952-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Since its first publication, History has become recognized as a masterful exposition of the state of historical scholarship in America. now Johns Higham's classic book is oce again in paperback, updated with a postscript new to this edition to cover devlopments up through the end of the eighties.

Looking beyond specific scholars or studies, Higham explores how the structure of the historical profession developed and analyzes the conceptual frameworks that have shaped the writing of American history during the past century. He shows how each successive trend represented a rebellion against its predecessor but also incorporated a good deal of what its advocates rebelled against—revealing a strong line of continuity through a history of intellectual change.

The book's final chapted represents the most substantial attenpt to date to discern an overall pattern in the writing of American history since the 1960s. Higham's conclusion, that this perios has been one of decline and fragmentation in historical scholarship that may presage yet another rebellion, is sure to be controversial among both historians and observers of the American intellectual scene.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Higham, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I. The Historical Profession
1. Formative Years
2. Growth Since 1907
3. Distribution and Recruitment of Talene
4. The Historian and His Audience
Part II. Theory
1. Scientific History: The American Orthodoxy
2. The New History
3. Relativism
4. The Renewal of History
Part III. American History
1. The Conservation Evolutionist as Amateur
2. The Conservation Evolutionist as Professor
3. The Ascendncy of Progressive History
6. A Search for Stability
Part IV. Legacy
1. A Time of Troubles
2. Postscript: Objectivity Reexamined
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Higham, John
John Higham is professor emeritus of history at the Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Send These to Me: Immigrants in Urban America and co-editor of Ethnic Leadership in America.