The Great Historical Jeremiad: The Problem of Specialization in American Historiography.

Tyrell, Ian

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Publication Date: 2000

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The Great Historical Jeremiad: The Problem of Specialization in American Historiography.

Tyrell, Ian

History Teacher, v33 n3 p371-93 May 2000

Explores specialization in U.S. historiography. Focuses on the writing of U.S. history by Americans. Discusses why the early attempts to overcome fragmentation failed and the costs of specialization. States that specialization occurred as a general process emphasized by attempts to overcome it. (CMK)

Descriptors: Economics, Educational History, Environment, Higher Education, Historians, Historiography, History, Social Studies, Specialization, United States History

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Language: English

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