The plain and noble garb of truth : nationalism & impartiality in American historical writing, 1784-1860 /
Cheng, Eileen K.
Athens, Ga. ; London : University of Georgia Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-357) and index.
"To become a historian": a discipline and a society in transition -- "Histories in novels", "novels in histories": imagination, fact, and the moral truths of history -- "To express old things in a new way": originality and impartiality in American historical methodology -- Puritanism, slavery, and the American revolution : American exceptionalism and impartiality -- The "losers" of the revolution: loyalists, Indians and the ideal of impartiality.
Historiography
Historiography
Historiography
Nationalism
Nationalism
Fairness
Fairness
American literature
American literature