TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Historians in public :the practice of American history, 1890-1970 /
DA  - 2005.
CY  - Chicago :
AU  - Tyrrell, Ian R.
CN  - E175
PB  - University of Chicago Press,
PP  - Chicago :
PY  - 2005.
ID  - 1389727
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Public history
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historiographie
KW  - Historiens
KW  - Historiens
KW  - Historiographie
KW  - Historiographie
KW  - Histoire appliquée
KW  - Culture populaire
KW  - Historians.
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historiography.
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Popular culture.
KW  - Public history.
KW  - Öffentlichkeit
KW  - Geschichtsschreibung
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historians
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Public history
KW  - Popular culture
SN  - 0226821935
SN  - 9780226821931
SN  - 0226821943
SN  - 9780226821948
TI  - Historians in public :the practice of American history, 1890-1970 /
ER  -