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Becoming Historians

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Description for Becoming Historians Paperback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and '70s and helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. The self-inventions they thoughtfully chronicle led, in many cases, to the invention of new fields - including women's and gender history, social history, and public history - that cleared paths in the academy and made the study of the past more capacious and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226036588
SKU
V9780226036588
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About Jr. Banner
James M. Banner, Jr., cofounder of the National History Center and the History News Service, is historian-in-residence at American University. John R. Gillis is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University.

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