Historians in public : the practice of American history, 1890-1970 / Ian Tyrrell.
By: Tyrrell, Ian R
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005Description: xii, 348 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0226821935 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226821943 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Historiography -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Historians -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Historians -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Historiography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Historiography -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Public history -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- HistoriographyOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Book review (H-Net) | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-328) and index.
What's wrong with history? the contemporary context -- The great Jeremiad: the history of historical specialization -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
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