LEADER 03217oam 22005294a 450 001 9910524685703321 005 20230621140234.0 010 $a0-8018-1099-X 010 $a1-4214-3064-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460775 035 $a(OCoLC)1117489789 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77219 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29139152 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29139152 035 $a(oapen)doab88855 035 $a(OCoLC)1549523041 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460775 100 $a20700408d1970 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory in the United States, 1800-1860$eIts Practice and Purpose /$f[by] George H. Callcott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2019 210 1$aBaltimore,$cJohns Hopkins Press$d[1970] 210 4$dİ[1970] 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 239 p.) 311 08$a1-4214-3104-1 311 08$a1-4214-3063-0 330 $aOriginally published in 1970. Professor Callcott's analysis of the rise of historical consciousness in the United States from 1800 to 1860 offers a new dimension to American historiography. Other books have provided insight into the works of Bancroft, Parkman, and others, but Callcott goes beyond to explain the meaning of the past itself rather than the contributions of particular historians. As the anatomy of an idea, this is an important contribution to American intellectual history; and as a study of humans' need for the past and their use of it, it is an important contribution to American social history. The author begins by analyzing the European and Romantic background for American historical thought. He then explores the rise of historical themes in literature, education, the arts, and scholarship. By describing the type of historical subject matter, the methods of writing history, the interpretive themes historians used, and the standards by which critics judged history, Callcott offers a new understanding of the social and personal meaning that history had for Americans at the time. The American people were especially convinced of the utility of history?its social use in supporting accepted values, its personal utility in extending human experience, and its philosophical value in pointing people toward ultimate reality. The idea of history possessed a remarkable coherence that reflected the preoccupations and aspirations of the young nation. Callcott also demonstrates, however, that when basic historical assumptions were challenged by controversy, the entire edifice collapsed. 606 $aLiterary theory$2bicssc 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$xStudy and teaching 607 $aUnited States$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aLiterary theory 615 7$aLiterary theory 676 $a907 700 $aCallcott$b George H.$f1929-$0210486 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524685703321 996 $aHistory in the United States 1800-1860$9593253 997 $aUNINA