Historians in public : the practice of American history, 1890-1970 / Ian Tyrrell.
2005
E175 .T975 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Historians in public : the practice of American history, 1890-1970 / Ian Tyrrell.
Author
Tyrrell, Ian R.
ISBN
0226821935 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226821931 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226821943 (alk. paper)
9780226821948 (alk. paper)
9780226821931 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226821943 (alk. paper)
9780226821948 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
xii, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
9780226821948
Call Number
E175 .T975 2005
Summary
From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence that their profession is in decline in America. Ian Tyrrell's Historians in Public shows that this perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. In fact, history has adapted to and influenced the American public more than people--and often historians--realize. Tyrrell's history of the practice of American history traces debates, beginning shortly after the profession's emergence in American academia, about history's role in school curricula. He also examines the use of historians in and by the government and whether historians should utilize mass media such as film and radio to influence the general public. As Historians in Public shows, the utility of history is a distinctive theme throughout the history of the discipline, as is the attempt to be responsive to public issues among pressure groups. An examination of the practice of American history since the turn of the century, Historians in Public uncovers the often tangled ways history-makers make history-both as artisans and as actors.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-328) and index.
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Table of Contents
What's wrong with history? the contemporary context
The great Jeremiad: the history of historical specialization
Searching for the general reader: professional historians, amateurs, and nonacademic audiences, 1890-1939
The crusade against pedantry and its aftermath: Allan Nevins and friends, 1930s-1950s
Movies made history and history made movies
Radio days: how the American Historical Association sought to meet a mass culture
Contesting the retreat from the schools: progressives and teachers before World War II
The patriots' call: American history and the school curriculum in war and peace
Going public: public and applied history, 1890-1930
History making in the New Deal state
States of war: World War II, the Cold War, and remaking history
The state, the local, and the national: connecting and disconnecting with public audiences.
The great Jeremiad: the history of historical specialization
Searching for the general reader: professional historians, amateurs, and nonacademic audiences, 1890-1939
The crusade against pedantry and its aftermath: Allan Nevins and friends, 1930s-1950s
Movies made history and history made movies
Radio days: how the American Historical Association sought to meet a mass culture
Contesting the retreat from the schools: progressives and teachers before World War II
The patriots' call: American history and the school curriculum in war and peace
Going public: public and applied history, 1890-1930
History making in the New Deal state
States of war: World War II, the Cold War, and remaking history
The state, the local, and the national: connecting and disconnecting with public audiences.