Toward a global community of historians
Subtitle: the International Historical Congresses and the International Committee of Historical Sciences 1898-2000
By: Karl Dietrich Erdmann ; edited by Jürgen Kocka and Wolfgang J. Mommsen in collaboration with Agnes Blänsdorf ; translated by Alan Nothnagle.
Contributors: Kocka, Jürgen.; Mommsen, Wolfgang J., 1930-; Blänsdorf, Agnes.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: International Committee of Historical Sciences; History -- Study and teaching
Description: "The book traces and analyses the changes of historians' problems, topics, and methods, as reflected at their International Congresses and in the work of their international organization. It describes the cleavages, debates, and forging of ties among historians from different parts of the world and ideological camps. It demonstrates how historians fought against academic nationalism - or succumbed to its seduction. It shows how the Cold War polarized the world of historians whereas the International Congresses offered a platform for bridging the gap. Since 1990, they have helped to redefine the relationship between historians from the West and from other parts of the world. The internationalization of the study of history is reaching a new quality."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: Die Ökumene der Historiker, 1987.