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- 2007030979 abstract "History is to society what memory is to the individual: without it, we don't know who we are, and we can't make wise decisions about where we should be going. But while the nature of memory is a constant, the nature of history has changed radically over the past forty years, for good but also for ill. Historian Wood examines the sea change in the field, offers insight into what historians do, and how they can stumble. New currents of thought have brought refreshing changes to the discipline, expanding its compass to previously underexamined and undervalued groups and subjects. At the same time, however, extreme, even nihilistic, relativism has assaulted the relevance, even the legitimacy, of the historian's work, and the divide between academic and popular historians has widened into a chasm, separating some of the field's most important new ideas from any kind of real audience.--From publisher description.".
- 2007030979 contributor B10786010.
- 2007030979 created "2008.".
- 2007030979 date "2008".
- 2007030979 date "2008.".
- 2007030979 dateCopyrighted "2008.".
- 2007030979 description "History is to society what memory is to the individual: without it, we don't know who we are, and we can't make wise decisions about where we should be going. But while the nature of memory is a constant, the nature of history has changed radically over the past forty years, for good but also for ill. Historian Wood examines the sea change in the field, offers insight into what historians do, and how they can stumble. New currents of thought have brought refreshing changes to the discipline, expanding its compass to previously underexamined and undervalued groups and subjects. At the same time, however, extreme, even nihilistic, relativism has assaulted the relevance, even the legitimacy, of the historian's work, and the divide between academic and popular historians has widened into a chasm, separating some of the field's most important new ideas from any kind of real audience.--From publisher description.".
- 2007030979 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2007030979 extent "323 p. ;".
- 2007030979 identifier "1594201544".
- 2007030979 identifier "9781594201547".
- 2007030979 identifier 2007030979-b.html.
- 2007030979 identifier 2007030979-d.html.
- 2007030979 identifier 2007030979.html.
- 2007030979 issued "2008".
- 2007030979 issued "2008.".
- 2007030979 language "eng".
- 2007030979 publisher "New York : Penguin Press,".
- 2007030979 subject "907.2 22".
- 2007030979 subject "Criticism.".
- 2007030979 subject "D13.2 .W66 2008".
- 2007030979 subject "Historiography.".
- 2007030979 title "The purpose of the past : reflections on the uses of history / Gordon S. Wood.".
- 2007030979 type "text".