Wish, Harvey,  1909-1968. <br/><br/>
American historians;  a selection. 

 - New York,  Oxford University Press,  1962. 
 - 447 pages  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> An anthology of American historical writing, providing examples of various methods and approaches. Includes biographical sketches of each historian. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>62016580  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Historians, American.<br/>Historiography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History.<br/>United States--Historiography.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Historians  United States United States  Historiography United States  History 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E178.6  / .W76 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.072