History as a profession : the study of history in France 1818-1914 / Pim den Boer ; translated by Arnold J. Pomerans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Pim den, author.

Contributor:

Pomerans, Arnold, translator.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Standardized Title:

Geschiedenis als beroep. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching--France.

History.

France--History--19th century--Historiography.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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.Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He shows the increasing involvement of the national government in historical studies, paying special attention to the impact of political factions, ranging from ultraroyalists to radical republicans. He explores how historical research and teaching changed at schools and universities. And he shows how nineteenth-century historians' keen understanding of the past and of historical methodology laid the foundations for historiography in the twentieth century. archives, including official documents, confidential reports, and personal letters. 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.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE. The Contours of French Histonography, 1820-1914

CHAPTER TWO. Paying for History

CHAPTER THREE. History at School

CHAPTER FOUR. History and Higher Education

CHAPTER FIVE. The Old Professors and the New

CHAPTER SIX. Changes in Professional Wnting

CONCLUSION

APPENDIXES

NOTES

SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

NAME INDEX

About the Author

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-461) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63413-0

0-691-60515-7

1-4008-6484-4

OCLC:

889251407