History's Babel [electronic resource] : scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 / Robert B. Townsend.
Townsend, Robert B., 1966-
2013
D13.5.U6 T69 2013
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Title
History's Babel [electronic resource] : scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 / Robert B. Townsend.
Author
Townsend, Robert B., 1966-
ISBN
9780226923925 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226923932 (paperback. : alkaline paper)
0226923924 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226923932 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226923949 (electronic book)
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 258 p.
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D13.5.U6 T69 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
907.2/073
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Building the historical enterprise, 1880 to 1910. Establishing a framework for "scientific" history scholarship ; Developing the tools and materials of history research ; Defining a profession of history teaching
Cracks appear in the edifice of history, 1911 to 1925. Seeking refuge in professionalized scholarship ; Placing the tools and materials of research in "other hands" ; History teaching finds its own voice
Scattering the historical enterprise, 1926 to 1940. The crisis of the "research men" ; Handing tools and materials over to others ; Teaching goes its own way, 1925-1940.

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