Beyond Truman

Robert H. Ferrell and Crafting the Past

Douglas A. Dixon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

182 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2781-0 (ISBN)

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This study examines the successes, struggles, and personal life of the nationally recognized historian Robert H. Ferrell. His life history provides insight into postmodernism, the New Left, and the art of historical writing.

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.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	12 b/w photos; 3 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-7936-2781-9 / 1793627819
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-2781-0 / 9781793627810
Zustand	Neuware