LEADER 04392oam 2200685 a 450 001 9910961197603321 005 20250707191352.0 010 $a9798400683909 010 $a9780313000805 010 $a0313000808 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400683909 035 $a(CKB)111056485487342 035 $a(OCoLC)50016754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary5004454 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199604 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199604 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196341 035 $a(PQKB)10514998 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000159 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004454 035 $a(OCoLC)50175373 035 $a(OCoLC)1438939830 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400683909BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000159 035 $a(Perlego)4202159 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485487342 100 $a20000504e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMcCormick of Rutgers $escholar, teacher, public historian /$fMichael J. Birkner 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (263 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in historiography,$x1046-526X ;$vno. 6 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313303562 311 08$a0313303568 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index. 327 $aCover -- MCCORMICK OF RUTGERS -- Contents -- Preface -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Path to a Life with History -- CHAPTER 2 Revitalizing the Study of New Jersey History -- CHAPTER 3 Life at Rutgers: Doing Public History in the 1950s and 1960s -- CHAPTER 4 Championing a New Political History -- CHAPTER 5 The Turbulent '60s at Rutgers -- CHAPTER 6 Doing History: Reflections -- Notes -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: THE PATH TO A LIFE WITH HISTORY -- CHAPTER 2: REVITALIZING THE STUDY OF NEW JERSEY HISTORY -- CHAPTER 3: LIFE AT RUTGERS: DOING PUBLIC HISTORY IN THE 1950S AND 1960S -- CHAPTER 4: CHAMPIONING A NEW POLITICAL HISTORY -- CHAPTER 5: THE TURBULENT '60S AT RUTGERS -- CHAPTER 6: DOING HISTORY: REFLECTIONS -- Selected Bibliography of McCormick's Publications -- BOOKS -- GUIDES, PAMPHLETS, PUBLISHED REPORTS -- ARTICLES -- MISCELLANY -- PH.D. STUDENTS TRAINED BY RICHARD P. MCCORMICK -- Bibliography -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- Index -- Recent Titles in Studies in Historiography -- About the Author. 330 8 $aRichard P. McCormick made his mark as an innovative student of American party politics, as well as the most influential interpreter of New Jersey history. A distinguished teacher, scholar, and public historian, McCormick revitalized a venerable but dormant state historical society. Later, he used notable anniversaries, such as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution and the Tercentenary of New Jersey's founding, as vehicles to bring history to schools and the general public. He also helped create a state historical agency, the New Jersey Historical Commission, to promote New Jersey's past and preserve its historic treasures. Birkner describes McCormick's life and times. He looks at McCormick's scholarly apprenticeship, the origins of his interest in a new political history, and his contributions to the study of American politics before the Civil War. McCormick's concern for elucidating political machinery was fused with a fundamental skepticism about American democracy as run by and for the people. Through use of oral history, McCormick tells his own story. Then, through their exchanges, Birkner challenges some of McCormick's scholarly arguments and elicits responses that help to shed light on his subject's theory of politics. 410 0$aStudies in historiography ;$vno. 6. 606 $aHistorians$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEducators$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aEducators 676 $a973/.07/202 676 $aB 700 $aBirkner$b Michael J.$f1950-$0872280 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961197603321 996 $aMcCormick of Rutgers$94402948 997 $aUNINA