Arguing with Historians: Essays on the Historical and the Unhistorical [Paperback]

Richard Nelson Current (Author)

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Distinguished historian Current reprints 11 seminal essays, spanning a half-century. The essays are bound together by Current's thematic leitmotif of nationalism and sectionalism and by his iconoclastic perspective on myths about American history. Especially valuable are his debunking of psychobiography and the historical accuracy of Gore Vidal, Alex Haley, et al. In other essays, he rescues Lincoln and carpetbaggers from charges of racism and opportunism and defends Grant's presidency. Recommended to students of historiography and those concerned with the uses and abuses of history. Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wesleyan (December 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081956219X
• ISBN-13: 978-0819562197
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,895,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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