In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and '70s and helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. The self-inventions they thoughtfully chronicle led, in many cases, to the invention of new fields—including women's and gender history, social history, and public history—that cleared paths in the academy and made the study of the past more capacious and broadly relevant. In these stories—skillfully compiled and introduced by James Banner and John Gillis—aspiring historians will find inspiration and guidance, experienced scholars will see reflections of their own dilemmas and struggles, and all readers will discover a rare account of how today's seasoned historians embarked on their intellectual journeys.

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Yes, you can access Becoming Historians by James M. Banner, Jr., John R. Gillis, James M. Banner, Jr.,John R. Gillis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Year

2009

ISBN

9780226036595

Topic

History

Subtopic

World History

Index

History

Contents
Preface
Toward Ethnographic History: Figures in the Landscape, Action in the Texts
Finding Critical History
Taking the Long Way from Euterpe to Clio
History Constructs a Historian
Church People and Others
Choices
Detours
A Caribbean Quest for the Muse of History
My Way
Becoming a Gay Historian
Historian, Improvised
List of Contributors