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BL
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581785
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b411004
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| Main Entry
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Townsend, Robert B.,1966-
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| Title & Author
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History's Babel : : scholarship, professionalization, and the historical enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 /\ Robert B. Townsend
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xiii, 258 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780226923925 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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: 0226923924 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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: 9780226923932 (paperback. : alkaline paper)
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: 0226923932 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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9780226923949 (e-book)
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0226923940 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Building the historical enterprise, 1880 to 1910. Establishing a framework for "scientific" history scholarship ; Developing the tools and materials of history research ; Defining a profession of history teaching -- Cracks appear in the edifice of history, 1911 to 1925. Seeking refuge in professionalized scholarship ; Placing the tools and materials of research in "other hands" ; History teaching finds its own voice -- Scattering the historical enterprise, 1926 to 1940. The crisis of the "research men" ; Handing tools and materials over to others ; Teaching goes its own way, 1925-1940
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| Subject
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Historiography-- United States-- History
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History-- Study and teaching-- United States
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Historians-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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907.2/073
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| LC Classification
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D13.5.U6T69 2013
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