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Beyond the Frontier
David S. Brown
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Description for Beyond the Frontier
Hardcover. As the US went to war in 1941, "Time" magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. This book tells their story of opposition. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
As the United States went to war in 1941, "Time" magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. Many of the nation's most eminent historians - nearly all of them from the East Coast - agreed with this vision and its endorsement of the vigorous use of power and persuasion to direct world affairs. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. With "Beyond the Frontier", David S. Brown tells their little-known story of opposition. Raised in ... Read more
As the United States went to war in 1941, "Time" magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. Many of the nation's most eminent historians - nearly all of them from the East Coast - agreed with this vision and its endorsement of the vigorous use of power and persuasion to direct world affairs. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. With "Beyond the Frontier", David S. Brown tells their little-known story of opposition. Raised in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226076515
SKU
V9780226076515
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About David S. Brown
David S. Brown is professor of history at Elizabethtown College. He is the author of Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography, published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Beyond the Frontier
"In his intelligent and stimulating book, Brown admirably balances respect for his subject with critical distance and persuasively makes the case that the ambiguousness of Hofstadter's legacy is inseparable from his continuing interest." - Sam Tanenhaus, New York Times Book Review"