History's Babel : scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 / Robert B. Townsend.
| Author/creator |
Townsend, Robert B., 1966- |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013. |
| Description | xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Building the historical enterprise, 1880 to 1910. Establishing a framework for "scientific" history scholarship ; Developing the tools and materials of history research ; Defining a profession of history teaching -- Cracks appear in the edifice of history, 1911 to 1925. Seeking refuge in professionalized scholarship ; Placing the tools and materials of research in "other hands" ; History teaching finds its own voice -- Scattering the historical enterprise, 1926 to 1940. The crisis of the "research men" ; Handing tools and materials over to others ; Teaching goes its own way, 1925-1940. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-251) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012017474 |
| ISBN | 9780226923925 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780226923932 (paper) |
| ISBN | 0226923924 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0226923932 (paper) |
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