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The American Historian A Social Intellectual History Of The Writing Of The American Past
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ISBN13: 9781022887268
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 22 2023
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book explores the social and intellectual history of American historians and their writing of the past. It examines American historical writing from its beginnings in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, focusing on the ways in which historians' social and political circumstances have shaped their work. Wish argues that American historians have always been deeply engaged with the social and political issues of their time, and that their work reflects this engagement.
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