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- catalog abstract ""Immersed in Great Affairs is the first book-length biography of noted historian and journalist Allan Nevins. In a career that spanned nearly three-quarters of the twentieth century, Nevins won two Pulitzer Prizes, helped draft John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, composed the monumental eight-volume history of the American Civil War, Ordeal of the Union, and associated with, among others, Adlai Stevenson, Walter Lippmann, Arthur Schlesinger Sr., Charles Scribner, Abraham Flexner, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. This book traces his beginnings as a journalist in the early 1900s with the New York Evening Post and the New York World through his years as a contributor to the New York Times Magazine. Nevins not only influenced thoughtful, general readers through his articles, editorials, and reviews, but also made a lasting impression on the writing of American history and nurtured a whole generation of young scholars as DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. A narrative historian in an age of growing reliance on social science concepts and theories, Nevins remains committed to telling a story and to using history to teach moral lessons."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13144560.
- catalog coverage "United States Historiography.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Immersed in Great Affairs is the first book-length biography of noted historian and journalist Allan Nevins. In a career that spanned nearly three-quarters of the twentieth century, Nevins won two Pulitzer Prizes, helped draft John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, composed the monumental eight-volume history of the American Civil War, Ordeal of the Union, and associated with, among others, Adlai Stevenson, Walter Lippmann, Arthur Schlesinger Sr., Charles Scribner, Abraham Flexner, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. This book traces his beginnings as a journalist in the early 1900s with the New York Evening Post and the New York World through his years as a contributor to the New York Times Magazine. Nevins not only influenced thoughtful, general readers through his articles, editorials, and reviews, but also made a lasting impression on the writing of American history and nurtured a whole generation of young scholars as DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. A narrative historian in an age of growing reliance on social science concepts and theories, Nevins remains committed to telling a story and to using history to teach moral lessons."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Color and light -- Progressive-era values and influences (1890-1917) -- Journalism in its "higher walks" (1913-31) -- Crossroads of American history (1913-27) -- Biography in the "Victorian manner" (1927-45) -- The temper of modern times (1929-39) -- Capitalism, power, and the historian (1934-40) -- America, "projected into world leadership" (1940-68) -- History, "broader, deeper, and more mature" (1946-71) -- A "public enthusiasm for history."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 243 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "079145973X (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791459748 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973/.07/202 B 21".
- catalog subject "E175.5.N48 F47 2004".
- catalog subject "Historians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Color and light -- Progressive-era values and influences (1890-1917) -- Journalism in its "higher walks" (1913-31) -- Crossroads of American history (1913-27) -- Biography in the "Victorian manner" (1927-45) -- The temper of modern times (1929-39) -- Capitalism, power, and the historian (1934-40) -- America, "projected into world leadership" (1940-68) -- History, "broader, deeper, and more mature" (1946-71) -- A "public enthusiasm for history."".
- catalog title "Immersed in great affairs : Allan Nevins and the heroic age of American history / Gerald L. Fetner.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".