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History as a Profession
Pim Den Boer
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Description for History as a Profession
hardcover. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen the Netherlands). Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, 11 halftones 1 map 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors. Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He ... Read more
This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors. Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691634135
SKU
V9780691634135
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Reviews for History as a Profession
Winner of the D. J. Veegens Prize of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem