| Becoming Historians Contributor(s): Banner Jr, James M. (Editor), Gillis, John R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226036561 ISBN-13: 9780226036564 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and '70s and helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. The self-inventions they thoughtfully chronicle led, in many cases, to the invention of new fields--including women's and gender history, social history, and public history--that cleared paths in the academy and made the study of the past more capacious and broadly relevant. In these stories--skillfully compiled and introduced by James Banner and John Gillis--aspiring historians will find inspiration and guidance, experienced scholars will see reflections of their own dilemmas and struggles, and all readers will discover a rare account of how today's seasoned historians embarked on their intellectual journeys. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - History | Historiography - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008032581 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 290 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and '70s and helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. The self-inventions they thoughtfully chronicle led, in many cases, to the invention of new fields--including women's and gender history, social history, and public history--that cleared paths in the academy and made the study of the past more capacious and broadly relevant. In these stories--skillfully compiled and introduced by James Banner and John Gillis--aspiring historians will find inspiration and guidance, experienced scholars will see reflections of their own dilemmas and struggles, and all readers will discover a rare account of how today's seasoned historians embarked on their intellectual journeys. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gillis, John R.: - John R.Gillis is the author of "Islands of the Mind; AWorld of Their Own Making: Myth Ritual, and the Quest for FamilyValues"; and "Commemorations." A professor of history emeritus at Rutgers University, he now divides his time between two coasts: Northern California and Maine. |