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Historians in Public
Ian Tyrrell
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Description for Historians in Public
Hardback. Shows that the perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. This book shows, the utility of history is a distinctive theme throughout the history of the discipline, as is the attempt to be responsive to public issues among pressure groups. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence that their profession is in decline in America. Ian Tyrrell's "Historians in Public" shows that this perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. In fact, history has adapted to and influenced the American public more than people - and often historians - realize. Tyrrell's elegant chronicle of the practice of American history traces debates, beginning shortly after the profession's emergence in American academia, about history's role in school curricula. He also examines the use ... Read more
From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence that their profession is in decline in America. Ian Tyrrell's "Historians in Public" shows that this perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. In fact, history has adapted to and influenced the American public more than people - and often historians - realize. Tyrrell's elegant chronicle of the practice of American history traces debates, beginning shortly after the profession's emergence in American academia, about history's role in school curricula. He also examines the use ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226821931
SKU
V9780226821931
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About Ian Tyrrell
Ian Tyrrell is professor in the School of History at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of five previous books, including Sobering Up: From Temperance to Prohibition in Antebellum America.
Reviews for Historians in Public
"An indispensable record of the discipline and practice of history in the United States. By uncovering a vast range of early initiatives that historians undertook to deal with issues that included the very practice of scholarship, the appropriateness of utilizing new mass media opportunities, state funding and support, political ideology, and 'the objectivity question,' Ian Tyrrell has created a useful ... Read more