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
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781570038334; 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: title: Introduction: Historians' audiences / Donald A. Yerxa; title: pt. 1. On historians; title: The World War II generation of historians / William Palmer; title: History's past and present / Ellen Fitzpatrick; title: The historian as VIP / Daniel Snowman; title: Historians and the public : premature obituaries, abiding laments / Eric Arnesen; title: pt. 2. On the American historical profession in the twenty-first century; title: The future of the profession / Bruce Kuklick; title: Ain't it awful? You bet. It always is / Leo R. Ribuffo; title: Comment on Kuklick / Marc Trachtenberg; title: pt. 3. On writing history for the general public; title: The perils and pleasures of going "popular"; or, My life as a loser / Maureen Ogle; title: Practicing history without a license / Adam Hochschild; title: Response to Hochschild / H.W. Brands; title: Response to Hochschild / John Demos; title: Response to Hochschild / Joseph J. Ellis; title: Response to Hochschild / John Ferling; title: Response to Hochschild / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; title: Response to Hochschild / Thomas Fleming; title: Response to Hochschild : a correspondence / James Goodman and Louis P. Masur; title: Response to Hochschild / John Lukacs; title: Response to Hochschild / Joyce Lee Malcolm; title: Response to Hochschild / Wilfred M. McClay; title: Response to Hochschild / Greg Neale; title: Response to Hochschild / Joyce Seltzer; title: Response to Hochschild / Barry Strauss; title: Response to Hochschild / Derek Wilson; title: Response to Hochschild / John Wilson; title: Response to Hochschild / Jay Winik; title: A reply / Adam Hochschild.