Historians in public
Subtitle: the practice of American history, 1890-1970
By: Ian Tyrrell.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Historiography -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Historians -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Historians -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Historiography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Historiography -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Public history -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: What's wrong with history? the contemporary context; title: The great Jeremiad: the history of historical specialization; title: Searching for the general reader: professional historians, amateurs, and nonacademic audiences, 1890-1939; title: The crusade against pedantry and its aftermath: Allan Nevins and friends, 1930s-1950s; title: Movies made history and history made movies; title: Radio days: how the American Historical Association sought to meet a mass culture; title: Contesting the retreat from the schools: progressives and teachers before World War II; title: The patriots' call: American history and the school curriculum in war and peace; title: Going public: public and applied history, 1890-1930; title: History making in the New Deal state; title: States of war: World War II, the Cold War, and remaking history; title: The state, the local, and the national: connecting and disconnecting with public audiences.