Reviews
No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does.
A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have.
Book Details
Preface
Part I. The Historical Profession
1. Formative Years
2. Growth Since 1907
3. Distribution and Recruitment of Talene
4. The Historian and His Audience
Part II. Theory
1. Scientific History: The
Preface
Part I. The Historical Profession
1. Formative Years
2. Growth Since 1907
3. Distribution and Recruitment of Talene
4. The Historian and His Audience
Part II. Theory
1. Scientific History: The American Orthodoxy
2. The New History
3. Relativism
4. The Renewal of History
Part III. American History
1. The Conservation Evolutionist as Amateur
2. The Conservation Evolutionist as Professor
3. The Ascendncy of Progressive History
6. A Search for Stability
Part IV. Legacy
1. A Time of Troubles
2. Postscript: Objectivity Reexamined
Index