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The brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins,
introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow
Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his
appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge
to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of
letters by Adams himself. The correspondence is divided into a wide
network of letters covering two world wars, and highlighting Adams'
efforts to speak as a public historian of the age. The range
covered extends from World War I, where he participated in the
Paris Conference, to the New England histories, the year of the
Economic Crash, the making of his great book, "The Epic of
America," and the final summing up, making history accessible to
the larger publics. Both the biographical sketch and the
correspondence reflect Adams as possessing a nimble, precise mind
and a stubborn set of opinions that are sometimes liberal, while at
other times conservative. Despite a lifetime of public service,
Nevins and the letters remind us, Adams was and remained
essentially a scholar. The same can be said of Nevins himself--and
that made him the perfect spokesman and student of Adams' writings.
For those to whom the meshing of solid American history and public
service are of interest this will be an unusual, but entirely
worthwhile experience.
The brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins,
introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow
Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his
appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge
to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of
letters by Adams himself. The correspondence is divided into a wide
network of letters covering two world wars, and highlighting Adams'
efforts to speak as a public historian of the age. The range
covered extends from World War I, where he participated in the
Paris Conference, to the New England histories, the year of the
Economic Crash, the making of his great book, The Epic of America,
and the final summing up, making history accessible to the larger
publics. Both the biographical sketch and the correspondence
reflect Adams as possessing a nimble, precise mind and a stubborn
set of opinions that are sometimes liberal, while at other times
conservative. Despite a lifetime of public service, Nevins and the
letters remind us, Adams was and remained essentially a scholar.
The same can be said of Nevins himself and that made him the
perfect spokesman and student of Adams' writings. For those to whom
the meshing of solid American history and public service are of
interest this will be an unusual, but entirely worthwhile
experience.
In this book, originally published in 1962, one of America's most
distinguished historians defines the scope and variety fo his field
and out lines his views on history's objectives both as a science
and as an art. The book provides insight into historians' methods
of interpreting and presenting the past from Thucydides to
twentieth century scholarship on Europe and America. It sets apart
the different approaches to history - biographical, cultural,
intellectual, geographical and political - illuminating the
peculiar goals, problems and development of each discipline. It
discusses the question of pre-history and its companion science,
archaeology and spans the history of the collection and use of
records.
In this book, originally published in 1962, one of America's most
distinguished historians defines the scope and variety fo his field
and out lines his views on history's objectives both as a science
and as an art. The book provides insight into historians' methods
of interpreting and presenting the past from Thucydides to
twentieth century scholarship on Europe and America. It sets apart
the different approaches to history - biographical, cultural,
intellectual, geographical and political - illuminating the
peculiar goals, problems and development of each discipline. It
discusses the question of pre-history and its companion science,
archaeology and spans the history of the collection and use of
records.
This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.
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