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ERIC Number: EJ514121
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8762
History Solo: Non-Academic Historians.
Lemann, Nicholas
American Historical Review, v100 n3 p788-98 Jun 1995
Argues that the enshrinement of the doctoral degree as the necessary credential for academic historians, the deemphasis on written narrative, and academic specialization have driven away a popular readership for history. Maintains that nonacademic historians now write popular history for the large market of history readers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Degrees (Academic), Historians, Historical Interpretation, Historiography, Scholarly Journals, Social Science Research, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: American Historical Association; American Historical Review; Historical Research
Note: Theme issue topic: "Centennial Publication Year of AHR."