Why history matters
Subtitle: life and thought
By: Gerda Lerner.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Lerner, Gerda, 1920-; History -- Philosophy; Women -- Social conditions; College teachers -- United States -- Biography
Description: In Why History Matters, Lerner brings together her thinking and research of the last sixteen years, combining personal reminiscences with innovative theory to illuminate the importance of history and the vital role women have played in it. Why History Matters contains some of the most significant thinking and writing on history that Lerner has done in her entire career - a summation of her life and work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-237) and index.