Joyce Appleby

A Restless Past

History and the American Public

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Produktbeschreibung

Distinguished historian Joyce Appleby has been at the forefront of many of the recent debates about historians and the public's history. In this engaging work, she brings together her most important reflections on the historian's craft and its importance. A Restless Past carefully examines the ways in which the dynamic events of the second half of the 20th century have significantly altered the way historians approach the past and highlights the incredible power they hold in shaping a national identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 143mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780742542525
• ISBN-10: 0742542521
• Artikelnr.: 13634253

Autorenporträt

By Joyce Appleby

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Without Resolution: The Jeffersonian Tension in
American Nationalism Chapter 2: A Different Kind of Independence: The
Postwar Restructuring of the Historical Study of Early America Chapter 3:
The American Heritage: The Heirs and the Disinherited Chapter 4: Recovering
America's Historic Diversity: Beyond Exceptionalism Chapter 5: The
Enlightenment Project in a Postmodernist Age Chapter 6: One Good Turn
Deserves Another: Moving beyond the Linguistic: A Response to David Harlan
Chapter 7: The Power of History Chapter 8: Presidents, Congress, and
Courts: Partisan Passions in Motion Chapter 9: The Vexed Story of
Capitalism Told by American Historians