History's Babel
scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the united states, 1880 - 1940
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2013
Summary
From the late nineteenth century until World War II, competing spheres of professional identity and practice redrew the field of history, establishing fundamental differences between the roles of university historians, archivists, staff at historical societies, history teachers, and others. In History’s Babel, Robert B. Townsend takes us from the beginning of this professional shift—when the work of history included not just original research, but also teaching and the gathering of his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226923925 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226923924 |
| Author: | Robert B. Townsend |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 17mm x 2mm |
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“In this impressively researched study, Robert B. Townsend conveys the intellectual energy and the distinctly American unified vision among particular historians of the time who sought a professional identity for the historical enterprise. This is an important study of the evolution of the infrastructure of the intellectual life of the nation.” (Francis X. Blouin, Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)”
About The Author
Robert B. Townsend
Robert B. Townsend is the deputy director of the American Historical Association, where he has worked for more than twenty years.
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