NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
ERIC Number: EJ384226
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
Dispute over Validity of Historical Approaches Pits Traditionalists against Advocates of New Methods.
Winkler, Karen J.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n18 pA4-5,7 Jan 11 1988
The annual meeting of the American Historical Association is reported, including the "history in crisis" vs "history being revitalized" debate. In the 1960s, a younger generation of scholars pioneered the "new social history"; in the 1980s, political divisions have contributed to the debate. (MLW)
Descriptors: Conflict, Higher Education, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines, Scholarship, Social History, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: American Historical Association