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"No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does."--Laurence Veysey, University of California, Santa Cruz. "A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have."--Richard L. Bushman, University of Delaware.



Table of Contents

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

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 September 1989
      ISBN-13 9780801839528
      978-0801839528
      ISBN-10 0801839521
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      History: theory and methods

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does."--Laurence Veysey, University of California, Santa Cruz. "A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have."--Richard L. Bushman, University of Delaware.



      Table of Contents

      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

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