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American historians; a selection.

By: Publication details: New York, Oxford University Press, 1962.Description: 447 pages 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.072
LOC classification:
  • E178.6 .W76
Contents:
William Bradford and the Christian interpretation of History / Of Plymouth Plantation -- Thomas Hutchinson and the Tory influence / The history of Massachusetts Bay -- Francis Parkman and the pageant of Western history / La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West ; The conspiracy of Pontiac -- Richard Hildreth, American utilitarian / Theory of politics ; The history of the United States -- George Bancroft, German romanticism and the literary historians / A history of the United States ; A history of the United States (Author's last revision) -- John Fiske, popularizer of history / The discovery of America ; The critical period of American history -- Henry Adams and the search for a science of history / Historical essays ; History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison -- John Bach McMaster and the new social history / History of the people of the United States -- James Ford Rhodes and slavery as the cause of the Civil War / History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 -- Edward Channing and his social history / A history of the United States ... -- Frederick Jackson Turner and the frontier theories / The significance of history ; The significance of the frontier in American history -- Ulrich B. Phillips and the Old South / The central theme of Southern history -- Charles Beard and the economic interpretation of history / An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States ; That noble dream -- Samuel E. Morison and the attack on relativism / Faith of a historian -- Allan Nevins and the art of biography / The gateway to history -- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and the moral issue in history / The causes of the Civil War: a note on historical sentimentalism. rc.
Summary: An anthology of American historical writing, providing examples of various methods and approaches. Includes biographical sketches of each historian.
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William Bradford and the Christian interpretation of History / Of Plymouth Plantation -- Thomas Hutchinson and the Tory influence / The history of Massachusetts Bay -- Francis Parkman and the pageant of Western history / La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West ; The conspiracy of Pontiac -- Richard Hildreth, American utilitarian / Theory of politics ; The history of the United States -- George Bancroft, German romanticism and the literary historians / A history of the United States ; A history of the United States (Author's last revision) -- John Fiske, popularizer of history / The discovery of America ; The critical period of American history -- Henry Adams and the search for a science of history / Historical essays ; History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison -- John Bach McMaster and the new social history / History of the people of the United States -- James Ford Rhodes and slavery as the cause of the Civil War / History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 -- Edward Channing and his social history / A history of the United States ... -- Frederick Jackson Turner and the frontier theories / The significance of history ; The significance of the frontier in American history -- Ulrich B. Phillips and the Old South / The central theme of Southern history -- Charles Beard and the economic interpretation of history / An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States ; That noble dream -- Samuel E. Morison and the attack on relativism / Faith of a historian -- Allan Nevins and the art of biography / The gateway to history -- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and the moral issue in history / The causes of the Civil War: a note on historical sentimentalism. rc.

An anthology of American historical writing, providing examples of various methods and approaches. Includes biographical sketches of each historian.

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