LEADER 03697nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910453986003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-06990-X 010 $a9786612069901 010 $a0-226-31615-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226316154 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725179 035 $a(EBL)432232 035 $a(OCoLC)646808765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136242 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147073 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136242 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064446 035 $a(PQKB)10170606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432232 035 $a(DE-B1597)535746 035 $a(OCoLC)781292620 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226316154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286150 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL206990 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725179 100 $a19970121d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe degradation of American history$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Harlan 210 $aChicago, Ill. $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-31617-3 311 $a0-226-31616-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-277) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION ''It Hath No Relish if Salvation in It" --$tCHAPTER ONE. Deeper into the Wilderness --$tCHAPTER TWO. A People Blinded from Birth --$tCHAPTER THREE. Doubts and Dispossessions --$tCHAPTER FOUR. After Looking into the Abyss --$tCHAPTER FIVE. The Return if the Moral Imagination --$tCHAPTER SIX. A Choice of Inheritance --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. The Dream if a Common History --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Love and Objectivity --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAmerican historical writing has traditionally been one of our primary forms of moral reflection. However, David Harlan argues that in the disillusionment following the 1960's, history abandoned its redemptive potential and took up the methodology of the social sciences. In this provocative new book, Harlan describes the reasons for this turn to objectivity and professionalism, explains why it failed, and examines the emergence of a New Traditionalism in American historical writing. Part One, "The Legacy of the Sixties," describes the impact of literary theory in the 1970's and beyond, the rise of women's history, the various forms of ideological analysis developed by historians on the left, and the crippling obsession with professionalism in the 1980's. Part Two, "The Renewal of American Historical Writing," focuses on the contributions of John Patrick Diggins, Hayden White, Richard Rorty, Elaine Showalter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and others. Harlan argues that at the end of the twentieth century American historical writing is perfectly poised to become what it once was: not one of the social sciences in historical costume, but a form of moral reflection that speaks to all Americans. "[A] wholly admirable work. This book will be talked about for years."-Library Journal 606 $aHistory$xMethodology 607 $aUnited States$xHistoriography$xMoral and ethical aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$xMethodology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistory$xMethodology. 676 $a973/.07/2 700 $aHarlan$b David$g(David Craig)$0974790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453986003321 996 $aThe degradation of American history$92219652 997 $aUNINA