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Historians in Public (Paperback, New edition)
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Historians in Public (Paperback, New edition)
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From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns
over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited
by historians as evidence that their profession is in decline in
America. Ian Tyrrell's "Historians in Public" shows that this
perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often
misunderstood. In fact, history has adapted to and influenced the
American public more than people--and often
historians--realize.Tyrrell's elegant chronicle of the practice of
American history traces debates, beginning shortly after the
profession's emergence in American academia, about the discipline's
public utility. He treats the perils of specialization, historians'
responses to changes in the public's reading and writing of
history, and their roles in school curricula. He also examines the
use of historians in and by government and whether historians
should utilize mass media such as film and radio to influence the
general public. As "Historians in Public "shows, the utility of
history is a distinctive theme throughout the history of the
discipline, as is the attempt to be responsive to public issues
among pressure groups.A superb examination of the practice of
American history since the turn of the century, "Historians in
Public "uncovers the often tangled ways history-makers make
history--both as artisans and as actors.
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