Engagement with the past : the lives and works of the World War II generation of historians / / William Palmer
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| Autore: |
Palmer William <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Engagement with the past : the lives and works of the World War II generation of historians / / William Palmer
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001 |
| ©2001 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973/.07/2022 |
| Soggetto topico: | Historians - United States |
| History - Study and teaching - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social conditions 1945- |
| United States Historiography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Writing Historians' Lives; PART I: Lives; 1. Beginnings; 2. Harvard, the 1930's, and the Making of a Historical Generation; 3. Other American Colleges and Universities; 4. The English University Experience in the 1930's; 5. V Was for Victory; 6. Building Careers in the Postwar World; 7. At the Pinnacle (Mostly); 8. Teaching; PART II: Achievement; 9. The Cultural Critics; 10. The Controversialists; 11. The Archival Revolution; 12. Synthesis, Printed Sources, and Other Kinds of History; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes |
| Bibliography Acknowledgments; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Daniel Boorstin, C. Vann Woodward, Edmund S. Morgan, Barbara Tuckman, Eric Hobsbawn, Hugh Trevor Roper, Lawrence Stone -- aside from carrying the distinction as some of the most successful and well-respected historians of the twentieth century, these scholars found their lives and careers evolving amid some of the world's pivotal historical moments. Dubbed the World War II Generation, the twenty-two English and American historians chronicled by William Palmer grew up in the aftermath of World War I, went to college in the 1930's as the threats |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Engagement with the past |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-8531-9 |
| 0-8131-5927-X | |
| 0-8131-7088-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824302803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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