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Engagement with the Past : The Lives and Works of the World War II Generation of Historians /

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Daniel Boorstin, C. Vann Woodward, Edmund S. Morgan, Barbara Tuckman, Eric Hobsbawn, Hugh Trevor Roper, Lawrence Stone -- aside from carrying the distinction as some of the most successful and well-respected historians of the twentieth century, these s...

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Main Author: Palmer, William, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., John Hope Franklin, Daniel Boorstin, C. Vann Woodward, Edmund S. Morgan, Barbara Tuckman, Eric Hobsbawn, Hugh Trevor Roper, Lawrence Stone -- aside from carrying the distinction as some of the most successful and well-respected historians of the twentieth century, these scholars found their lives and careers evolving amid some of the world's pivotal historical moments. Dubbed the World War II Generation, the twenty-two English and American historians chronicled by William Palmer grew up in the aftermath of World War I, went to college in the 1930s as the threats of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813159270