Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ505732
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8723
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The Practice and Purpose of History.
Glassie, Henry
Journal of American History, v81 n3 p961-68 Dec 1994
Discusses the role of historians from an anthropological perspective. Maintains that there are "double histories": a political, official history and a history focusing on place and society. Asserts that history's virtues make it both important and impossible. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Historical Interpretation, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines, Scholarly Journals, Scholarship, Social Science Research, Social Scientists, United States History, Writing for Publication
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; Turkey
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