Recent Themes in Historical Thinking: Historians in Conversation (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) [Paperback]

Donald A. Yerxa (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 1570037418 | ISBN-13: 978-1570037412 | Publication Date: April 3, 2008

Described as "the New York Review of Books for history," Historically Speaking has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in Historical Thinking represents some of the best writing on historiography to appear in the past five years. The prominent historians featured in this collection of essays and interviews drawn from Historically Speaking comment on such wide-ranging topics as the impact of postmodernism on the field, the relationship between professional and popular history, the importance of historical consciousness, and the limitations of the field in its current state.

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About the Author

Donald A. Yerxa is assistant director of the Historical Society and editor of Historically Speaking. A professor of history at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, Yerxa is the author of The Burning of Falmouth, 1775 and Admirals and Empire: The United States Navy and the Caribbean, 1898-1945 and coauthor of Species of Origins: America's Search for a Creation Story. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (April 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570037418
• ISBN-13: 978-1570037412
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,532,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Donald Yerxa was born in Portland, Maine in 1950. He is senior editor of Historically Speaking, a journal of historical ideas published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, and serves as a co-director of the Historical Society, located at Boston University. He is professor of history emeritus at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass.