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Beyond Truman
Robert H. Ferrell and Crafting the Past
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2020
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2781-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2782-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
164
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Midwest to Yale and World War No access
Chapter 2 Two Lovers No access
Chapter 3 Ferrell in the Making No access
Chapter 4 Dear Senator Taft No access
Chapter 5 Traditionalists, Debunkers, and Revisionism No access
