| The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History Contributor(s): Wood, Gordon S. (Author), Hillgartner, Malcolm (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433210061 ISBN-13: 9781433210068 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: In The Purpose of the Past, historian Gordon S. Wood examines the sea change in the field through consideration of some of its most important historians and their works. His book serves as both a history of American historyneither wholly a celebration nor a critiqueand an argument for its ongoing necessity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 907.2 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.2" W x 6.54" (0.58 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: History is to society what memory is to the individual--without it, we don't know who we are and we can't make wise decisions about our future. But while the nature of memory is constant, the nature of history has changed radically over the past forty years. In The Purpose of the Past, historian Gordon S. Wood examines this sea change in his field through consideration of some of its most important historians and their works. Along the way, he offers wonderful insight into what great historians do, how they can stumble, and what strains of thought have dominated the marketplace of ideas in historical scholarship. The result is a history of American history--and an argument for its ongoing necessity. A commanding assessment of the field by one of its masters, The Purpose of the Past will enlarge every reader's capacity to appreciate history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Gordon S.: - Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and a professor of history at Brown University. His 1992 book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, won the Pulitzer Prize and the Emerson Prize. He contributes regularly to the New Republic and New York Times Review of Books. Hillgartner, Malcolm: -Malcolm Hillgartner is an actor, author, playwright, and professional narrator. Under the name Jahnna N. Malcolm, he and his wife, Jahnna Beecham, have written over one hundred books for young readers; their musicals have played in theaters across America. His audiobook credits include works by Dean Koontz, Nelson Algren, and William F. Buckley Jr. |