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Inventing the Middle Ages : the lives, works, and ideas of the great medievalists of the twentieth century

Inventing the Middle Ages : the lives, works, and ideas of the great medievalists of the twentieth century

by Norman F. Cantor

INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through systematic research. It had to be... (more)

George Washington Williams : A Biography

George Washington Williams : A Biography

by John Hope Franklin

In George Washington Williams , John Hope Franklin reconstructs the life of the controversial, self-made black intellectual who wrote the first history of African Americans in the United States. Awarded the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize, this book traces Franklin’s forty-year quest for Williams’s story, a story largely lost to history until this volume was first published in 1985. The result, part biography... (more)

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

by John Lewis Gaddis

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us... (more)

Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890-1970

Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890-1970

by Ian R. Tyrrell

From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence that their profession is in decline in America. Ian Tyrrell's Historians in Public shows that this perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. In fact, history has adapted to and influenced the American public more than... (more)

Practicing History: Selected Essays

by Barbara Tuchman

From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history."

Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

by John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally-protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that transformation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5 million-copy bestseller, From Slavery to Freedom . And he was, and remains, an active participant. Born in 1915, he, like every other African American, could not but... (more)

Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians (Southern Women Series)

Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians (Southern Women Series)

by Catherine Clinton

When southern women remove their gloves, they speak their minds. The ten timely and provocative essays in Taking Off the White Gloves represent the collective wisdom of some of the finest scholars on women's history in the American South. On the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the Southern Association for Women Historians, this volume brings together some of the outstanding lectures delivered by distinguished... (more)

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics)

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics)

by Henry Adams

This evocative work uses the architecture, sculpture and stained glass of Mont Saint Michel and Chartres as a take-off point for an exploration of the medieval imagination. By considering all aspects of medieval society, it portrays a world united by a common faith based around the cathedral.

Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White (Gender and American Culture)

Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White (Gender and American Culture)

by Pauli Murray

In 1942 Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation's leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray's death in 1985. Ware, a Bostonian born in 1899, was a scholar, a leading consumer advocate, and a political activist. Murray, born in 1910, with no resources... (more)

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

by James West Davidson

This critically acclaimed text uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to demonstrate the process of historical detective work and reconstruction. The authors use a unique combination of dramatic narrative and historical methods to engage students in the "doing" of history. The authors show how historians uncover raw materials, ask questions, and shape their findings into narrative to create what we read as... (more)

Historical Controversies and Historians

by William Lamont

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Gender and History in Western Europe (Arnold Readers in History)

Gender and History in Western Europe (Arnold Readers in History)

Gender is now an integral part of many history courses, and is used not just in specialized classes but often in mainstream teaching. The editors of this new reader have taught courses in this subject; they know what does and does not work in an undergraduate seminar of this sort. This anthology, which begins with an introduction to vital issues of theory and method, makes accessible some of the most influential... (more)

The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson

The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson

The innovative approach to economic history known as the New Comparative Economic History represents a distinct change in the way that many economic historians view their role, do their work, and interact with the broader economics profession. The New Comparative Economic History reflects a belief that economic processes can best be understood by systematically comparing experiences across time, regions, and,... (more)

Arnold J. Toynbee: A LifeWilliam H. McNeill

Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life

by William H. McNeill

One of the most remarkable thinkers of this century, Arnold Toynbee won world-wide recognition as the author of the monumental ten-volume A Study of History. Its publication and phenomenal success brought him fame and the highest praise, as the reading public proclaimed him the most renowned scholar in the world. This thought-provoking, engaging study of Toynbee, written by one of today's most eminent... (more)

Writing Gender History (Writing History)

Writing Gender History (Writing History)

by Laura Lee Downs

How has feminist scholarship changed history? At the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is clear that scholars no longer imagine that it is possible to write history, whether of the political, military, social, economic, or intellectual varieties, without taking gender into account. Downs's book explores the evolution of historical writing about women and gender from the 1930s until the early twenty-first... (more)

Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present

Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present

Although technological change is vital for economic growth, the interaction of finance and technological innovation is rarely studied. This pioneering volume examines the ways in which innovation is funded in the United States. In case studies and theoretical discussions, leading economists and economic historians analyze how inventors and technologically creative entrepreneurs have raised funds for their projects... (more)

Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

by Eric Foner

“ Who Owns History? testifies to Eric Foner’s lifelong personal commitment to writing histories that advance the struggle for racial equality and economic justice.” —David Glassberg, The Sunday Star-Ledger History has become a matter of public controversy, as Americans clash over such things as museum presentations, the flying of the Confederate flag, and reparations for slavery. So whose history is being... (more)

Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War

Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War

by David W. Blight

During the past decade and a half, scholars have increasingly addressed the relationship of history and memory. Among American historians, David W. Blight has been a pioneer in the field of memory studies, especially on the problems of slavery, race, and the Civil War. In this collection of essays, Blight examines the meanings embedded in the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War, the nature of... (more)

Adventures of a Church Historian

by Leonard J. Arrington

Adventures of a Church Historian details how Leonard J. Arrington opened up archival resources and presided, for a time, over an unprecedented era of enlightenment as he and those working under his aegis produced path-breaking works of Mormon scholarship. Arrington was the first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to serve as church historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day... (more)

The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice

The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice

by Bonnie G. Smith

In this pathbreaking book, Bonnie Smith shows how the practices of history, and indeed its very definition, have been shaped by gender. The male historians of the archive and seminar prioritized men's history over women's, white history over non-white, and the political history of the Western governments over any other. From this environment, Smith resurrects a neglected world of amateur history written by... (more)

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Inventing the Middle Ages : the lives, works, and ideas of the great medievalists of the twentieth century

by Norman F. Cantor

George Washington Williams : A Biography

by John Hope Franklin

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

by John Lewis Gaddis

Historians in Public: The Practice of American History, 1890-1970

by Ian R. Tyrrell

Practicing History: Selected Essays

by Barbara Tuchman

Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

by John Hope Franklin

Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians (Southern Women Series)

by Catherine Clinton

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics)

by Henry Adams

Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White (Gender and American Culture)

by Pauli Murray

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

by James West Davidson

Historical Controversies and Historians

by William Lamont

Gender and History in Western Europe (Arnold Readers in History)

The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson

Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life

by William H. McNeill

Writing Gender History (Writing History)

by Laura Lee Downs

Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present

Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

by Eric Foner

Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War

by David W. Blight

Adventures of a Church Historian

by Leonard J. Arrington

The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice

by Bonnie G. Smith