Past imperfect : facts, fictions, fraud- American history from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin / Peter Charles Hoffer.
2004
E175 .H54 2004 (Mapit)
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Past imperfect : facts, fictions, fraud- American history from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin / Peter Charles Hoffer.
Author
Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
1586482440
Imprint
New York : PublicAffairs, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 287 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E175 .H54 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
973/.072
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index.
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I: Facts and fictions
The rise of consensus history
Professions of history
The new history and its promoters
In the eye of the storm
II: Fraud
Falsification: the case of Michael Bellesiles
Plagiarism: the cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin
Fabrication: the case of Joseph Ellis
The future of the past.
The rise of consensus history
Professions of history
The new history and its promoters
In the eye of the storm
II: Fraud
Falsification: the case of Michael Bellesiles
Plagiarism: the cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin
Fabrication: the case of Joseph Ellis
The future of the past.