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The Organization of American Historians and the writing and teaching of American history /
This century-long history of the Organization of American Historians-and its predecessor, the Mississippi Valley Historical Association-explores the thinking and writing by professional historians on the history of the United States. It looks at the organization itself, and pedagogical approaches an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MVHA�OAH
- 1 The Rise of a Modern and Democratic Learned Society
- 2 The Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1907�1952
- 3 From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951�1981
- 4 The OAH in Troublesome Times, 1980�2000
- 5 One Hundred Years of History: Extraordinary Change, Persistent Challenges
- PART II: THE MVHA�OAH AND THE FIELDS OF HISTORY
- 6 The Most Appropriate Subjects for Study
- 7 The Persistence of Political History
- 8 The Continental Empire and the Global Power9 Economic History and American Historians: From Integration to Segregation in One Century
- 10 The Battle for Military History: Success or Failure?
- 11 The Challenges to Traditional Histories
- 12 Social History and Intellectual History
- 13 The Long and Influential Life of Social History in the MVHR and the JAH
- 14 The MVHR, the JAH, and Intellectual History: From Margin to Mainstream
- 15 Immigration and the Tattered Narrative of Progressive History
- 16 The Slow Rise to Prominence of African American History
- 17 Women�s History: From Neglect to Prominence and to Integration18 The Presence of Native American History
- 19 The Wild One: Environmental History as Redheaded Stepchild
- 20 The History That Dare Not Speak Its Name
- 21 How Discipline Change Happens
- PART III: EDITING THE JOURNAL
- 22 A Learned Journal Adjusts to Change
- 23 Editing and the Challenges of Specialization, Audiences, Sites of Practice
- 24 Putting Together American History
- 25 Becoming the Editor
- PART IV: THE MVHA�OAH AND THE TEACHING OF HISTORY
- 26 The Shouldering of Responsibilities27 The MVHA and Teaching: A Strained Relationship
- 28 Why a Focus on Teaching Day?
- 29 The OAH and the Community College Professoriate
- 30 The Recent Years
- 31 A Plea for Equality
- PART V: THE MVHA�OAH AND PUBLIC HISTORY
- 32 Public History: Past and Present
- 33 Historians in the Federal Government
- 34 Discovering Public History in an Unlikely Place: UC, Santa Barbara, 1976 and After
- 35 Public History and the Academy: A Continuum of Practice
- PART VI: PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIES
- 36 The Sitting President Looks On�Uncomfortably37 The Transformation of the Annual Meeting
- 38 The Warm Memories of a Life Member
- 39 The Third Woman in the Presidency
- 40 The OAH in Philadelphia: The Musical
- 41 History�s Public Function
- 42 The OAH in St. Louis: The Protest
- Afterword
- Appendix: The Officers, 1907�2012
- Notes on Contributors