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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
2001.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780813159270 |