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ERIC Number: EJ247821
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Collective Biography and the New Political History.
Vandermeer, Philip
Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, v33 n3 p5-20 Win 1980-81
Suggests that studying collective biographies for political history provides a means of analyzing the behavior, experience and character of many different groups. The approach improves the historian's sensitivity to the majority of historical actors and significantly expands understanding of individuals. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Biographies, Groups, Higher Education, Historiography, Politics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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