Recent themes on historians and the public
Subtitle: historians in conversation
By: edited by Donald A. Yerxa.
Contributors: Yerxa, Donald A., 1950-
Series: Historians in conversation : recent themes in understanding the past
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570038341
Subjects: Historiography -- Social aspects.; Historians -- Public opinion.; Public history.; History -- Philosophy.; Historians -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Historicallly speaking.
Notes: A collection of essays, forums, and interviews originally appearing in Historically speaking.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: Historians' audiences / Donald A. Yerxa; value: pt. 1. On historians; value: The World War II generation of historians / William Palmer; value: History's past and present / Ellen Fitzpatrick; value: The historian as VIP / Daniel Snowman; value: Historians and the public : premature obituaries, abiding laments / Eric Arnesen; value: pt. 2. On the American historical profession in the twenty-first century; value: The future of the profession / Bruce Kuklick; value: Ain't it awful? You bet. It always is / Leo R. Ribuffo; value: Comment on Kuklick / Marc Trachtenberg; value: pt. 3. On writing history for the general public; value: The perils and pleasures of going "popular"; or, My life as a loser / Maureen Ogle; value: Practicing history without a license / Adam Hochschild; value: Response to Hochschild / H.W. Brands; value: Response to Hochschild / John Demos; value: Response to Hochschild / Joseph J. Ellis; value: Response to Hochschild / John Ferling; value: Response to Hochschild / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; value: Response to Hochschild / Thomas Fleming; value: Response to Hochschild : a correspondence / James Goodman and Louis P. Masur; value: Response to Hochschild / John Lukacs; value: Response to Hochschild / Joyce Lee Malcolm; value: Response to Hochschild / Wilfred M. McClay; value: Response to Hochschild / Greg Neale; value: Response to Hochschild / Joyce Seltzer; value: Response to Hochschild / Barry Strauss; value: Response to Hochschild / Derek Wilson; value: Response to Hochschild / John Wilson; value: Response to Hochschild / Jay Winik; value: A reply / Adam Hochschild.