Beyond Truman
Robert H. Ferrell and Crafting the Past
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2781-0 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2781-0 (ISBN)
This study examines the successes, struggles, and personal life of the nationally recognized historian Robert H. Ferrell. His life history provides insight into postmodernism, the New Left, and the art of historical writing.
This study draws on the life of renowned historian, Robert H. Ferrell, to explore issues related to the history profession. Ferrell’s life story contextualizes postmodernism, the New Left, and the challenges of crafting history. The author analyzes Ferrell’s biases, examining distinctions between his morals and actions as well as his private and public life. This book provides crucial insight into the subjectivity of history, the boundaries of the discipline, and the effects of historians’ social lives on their work.
This study draws on the life of renowned historian, Robert H. Ferrell, to explore issues related to the history profession. Ferrell’s life story contextualizes postmodernism, the New Left, and the challenges of crafting history. The author analyzes Ferrell’s biases, examining distinctions between his morals and actions as well as his private and public life. This book provides crucial insight into the subjectivity of history, the boundaries of the discipline, and the effects of historians’ social lives on their work.
Douglas A. Dixon earned his PhD at the University of Georgia.
Part I Three Vignettes
Chapter One: Midwest to Yale and World War
Chapter Two:Two Lovers
Part II Beginnings and Scholar-Activist
Chapter Three: Ferrell in the Making
Chapter Four: Dear Senator Taft: “Heads Ought to Roll”
Part III Distinctions
Chapter Five: Traditionalists, Debunkers, and Revisionism
Chapter Six: Then and Now
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-7936-2781-9 / 1793627819 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-2781-0 / 9781793627810 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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