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Popularizing the Past - Historians, Publishers, and Readers in Postwar America (Hardcover)
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Popularizing the Past - Historians, Publishers, and Readers in Postwar America (Hardcover)
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Popularizing the Past tells the stories of five postwar historians
who changed the way ordinary Americans thought about their nation's
history. What's the matter with history? For decades, critics of
the discipline have argued that the historical profession is
dominated by scholars unable, or perhaps even unwilling, to write
for the public. In Popularizing the Past, Nick Witham challenges
this interpretation by telling the stories of five
historians-Richard Hofstadter, Daniel Boorstin, John Hope Franklin,
Howard Zinn, and Gerda Lerner-who, in the decades after World War
II, published widely read books of national history. Witham
compellingly argues that we should understand historians' efforts
to engage with the reading public as a vital part of their postwar
identity and mission. He shows how the lives and writings of these
five authors were fundamentally shaped by their desire to write
histories that captivated both scholars and the elusive general
reader. He also reveals how these authors' efforts could not have
succeeded without a publishing industry and a reading public hungry
to engage with the cutting-edge ideas then emerging from American
universities. As Witham's book makes clear, before we can properly
understand the heated controversies about American history so
prominent in today's political culture, we must first understand
the postwar effort to popularize the past.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Nick Witham
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82697-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-82697-X |
Barcode: |
9780226826974 |
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