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Historians in public : the practice of American history, 1890-1970 / Ian Tyrrell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: xii, 348 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226821935 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226821943 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.072/073 22
LOC classification:
  • E175 .T975 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Books Books قاعة الثقاقات الاجنبية - الدور الثالث المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة 973.072073 T993 Am.W. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 01000110192561000

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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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