Douglas A. Dixon

Beyond Truman (eBook, PDF)

Robert H. Ferrell and Crafting the Past

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This study draws on the life of renowned historian, Robert H. Ferrell, to explore issues related to the history profession. Ferrell's life story contextualizes postmodernism, the New Left, and the challenges of crafting history. The author analyzes Ferrell's biases, examining distinctions between his morals and actions as well as his private and public life. This book provides crucial insight into the subjectivity of history, the boundaries of the discipline, and the effects of historians' social lives on their work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978782648
• Artikelnr.: 74846424

Autorenporträt

Douglas A. Dixon earned his PhD at the University of Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Three Vignettes
Chapter One: Midwest to Yale and World War
Chapter Two:Two Lovers
Part II Beginnings and Scholar-Activist
Chapter Three: Ferrell in the Making
Chapter Four: Dear Senator Taft: "Heads Ought to Roll"
Part III Distinctions
Chapter Five: Traditionalists, Debunkers, and Revisionism
Chapter Six: Then and Now