In the 1950s professional historians claiming to specialize in
tropical Africa were no more than a handful. The teaching of world
history was confined to high school courses, and even those focused
on European history. Philip Curtin developed a sound methodology
for teaching world history and, always a controversial figure,
revived the study of the history of the Atlantic slave trade. His
career stands as an example of the kind of dissatisfaction and
struggle that brought about a sea change in higher education.
Curtin founded African Studies and the Program in Comparative World
History at Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins universities, programs that
produced many of the most influential Africanists from the 1950s
into the 1990s. Written with economy and telling detail, On the
Fringes of History follows Curtin from his beginnings in West
Virginia in the 1920s. This memoir, beautifully illustrated with
Curtin's photographs, tracks the emergence of American interest and
engagement with the wider world and writes an important chapter in
the history of twentieth-century academia. ABOUT THE
AUTHOR---Philip D. Curtin is Herbert Baxter Adams Professor
Emeritus, at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The
Atlantic Slave Trade: a Census and Cross Cultural Trade in World
History.
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