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History as a profession : the study of history in France (1818-1914)
- Title
- History as a profession : the study of history in France (1818-1914) / Pim den Boer ; translated by Arnold J. Pomerans.
- Author
- Boer, Pim den.
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DC36.9 .B6413 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 470 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors.
- Den Boer makes use of statistical, biographical, and methodological analysis and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of both minor historians and leading scholars, including Charles Seignobos and Charles-Victor Langlois History as a Profession will be indispensable reading for anyone interested in historiography, the history of nineteenth-century France, or the history of education.
- Uniform Title
- Geschiedenis als beroep. English
- Alternative Title
- Geschiedenis als beroep.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-461) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Contours of French Historiography, 1820-1914 -- Ch. 2. Paying for History -- Ch. 3. History at School -- Ch. 4. History and Higher Education -- Ch. 5. The Old Professors and the New -- Ch. 6. Changes in Professional Writing.
- ISBN
- 0691033390 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97039415
- OCLC
- 37917312
- ocm37917312
- SCSB-14267326
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries