Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ505736
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8723
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"Venturesome and Cautious": American History in the 1990s.
Bender, Thomas
Journal of American History, v81 n3 p992-1003 Dec 1994
Maintains that a recent survey of historians reveals a love of history and of history teaching, and a commitment to civic betterment. Discusses the issue of cultural diversity and unity within the profession and contemporary historical writing. Outlines the discipline's relation to a larger public, including graduate students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Historians, Historiography, History Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines, Recognition (Achievement), Scholarly Journals, Scholarship, Social History, Social Science Research, Teacher Characteristics, United States History, Writing for Publication
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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