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History as a Profession - The Study of History in France, 1818-1914 (Hardcover)
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History as a Profession - The Study of History in France, 1818-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before
the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places
the profession in its social, academic, and political context and
shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as
amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated
successors. Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French
historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of
historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces
the growing influence of professional historians. He shows the
increasing involvement of the national government in historical
studies, paying special attention to the impact of political
factions, ranging from ultraroyalists to radical republicans. He
explores how historical research and teaching changed at schools
and universities. And he shows how nineteenth-century historians'
keen understanding of the past and of historical methodology laid
the foundations for historiography in the twentieth century.
archives, including official documents, confidential reports, and
personal letters. Den Boer makes use of statistical, biographical,
and methodological analysis and demonstrates comprehensive
knowledge of both minor historians and leading scholars, including
Charles Seignobos and Charles-Victor Langlois. Originally published
in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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