Becoming historians /

"In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and '70s and helped to transform both the...

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Altri autori: Banner, James M., Jr., 1935-, Gillis, John R.
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=285024
Sommario:
  • Toward ethnographic history: figures in the landscape, action in the texts / Rhys Isaac
  • Finding critical history / Joan Wallach Scott
  • Taking the long way from Euterpe to Clio / Dwight T. Pitcaithley
  • History constructs a historian / Linda Gordon
  • Church people and others / David A. Hollinger
  • Choices / Maureen Murphy Nutting
  • Detours / John R. Gillis
  • A Caribbean quest for the muse of history / Franklin W. Knight
  • My way / Temma Kaplan
  • Becoming a gay historian / Paul Robinson
  • Historian, improvised / James M. Banner, Jr.