That noble dream : the "objectivity question" and the American historical profession / Peter Novick.

By:

Novick, Peter, 1934-2012

Series: Ideas in contextPublication details: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1988.Description: xii, 648 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0521343283
0521357454 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

907.2073

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Contents:

Contents pp ix-x Preface pp xi-xii Introduction: Nailing jelly to the wall pp 1-18 I - Objectivity enthroned pp 19-20 1 - The European legacy: Ranke, Bacon, Flaubert pp 21-46 2 - The professionalization project pp 47-60 3 - Consensus and legitimation pp 61-85 4 - A most genteel insurgency pp 86-108 II - Objectivity besieged pp 109-110 5 - Historians on the home front pp 111-132 6 - A changed climate pp 133-167 7 - Professionalism stalled pp 168-205 8 - Divergence and dissent pp 206-249 9 - The battle joined pp 250-278 III - Objectivity reconstructed pp 279-280 10 - The defense of the West pp 281-319 11 - A convergent culture pp 320-360 12 - An autonomous profession pp 361-412 IV - Objectivity in crisis pp 413-414 13 - The collapse of comity pp 415-468 14 - Every group its own historian pp 469-521 15 - The center does not hold pp 522-572 16 - There was no king in Israel pp 573-629 Appendix: Manuscript collections cited pp 630-632 Index

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents pp ix-x
Preface pp xi-xii
Introduction: Nailing jelly to the wall pp 1-18
I - Objectivity enthroned pp 19-20
1 - The European legacy: Ranke, Bacon, Flaubert pp 21-46
2 - The professionalization project pp 47-60
3 - Consensus and legitimation pp 61-85
4 - A most genteel insurgency pp 86-108
II - Objectivity besieged pp 109-110
5 - Historians on the home front pp 111-132
6 - A changed climate pp 133-167
7 - Professionalism stalled pp 168-205
8 - Divergence and dissent pp 206-249
9 - The battle joined pp 250-278
III - Objectivity reconstructed pp 279-280
10 - The defense of the West pp 281-319
11 - A convergent culture pp 320-360
12 - An autonomous profession pp 361-412
IV - Objectivity in crisis pp 413-414
13 - The collapse of comity pp 415-468
14 - Every group its own historian pp 469-521
15 - The center does not hold pp 522-572
16 - There was no king in Israel pp 573-629
Appendix: Manuscript collections cited pp 630-632
Index

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