Essays in American Historiography. Papers Presented in Honor of Allan Nevins / Harold C. Syrett, Donald Sheehan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheehan, Donald, editor.

Syrett, Harold C., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1960]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A collection of essays on historiography written in honor of Allan Nevins, a decorated historian in the Department of History at Columbia University, written by recipients of the doctorate under Nevins's supervision. Topics discussed include the Reconstruction, the New South, European migration to the United States, urban history and reform, and others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Allan Nevins - An Appreciation / Krout, John Allen

Contents

Scientific History in America: Eclipse of an Idea / Saveth, Edward N.

Thoughts on the Confederacy / Black, Robert C.

Radical Reconstruction / Sheehan, Donald

The New South / Cooke, Jacob E.

American Historians and National Politics from the Civil War to the First World War / Rawley, James A.

Reflections on Urban History and Urban Reform, 1865-1915 / Hirsch, Mark D.

The Idea of the Robber Barons in American History / Bridges, Hal

Some Aspects of European Migration to the United States / Qualey, Carlton C.

The Evolution Controversy / Boromé, Joseph A.

Pragmatism in America / Ratner, Sidney

Populism: Its Significance in American History / Walters, Everett

Imperialism and Racism / Shenton, James P.

The Muckrakers: in Flower and in Failure / Filler, Louis

Cycle of Revisionism between Two Wars / Baehr, Harry W.

An Interpretation of Franklin D. Roosevelt / Bellush, Bernard

Index of Names

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780231881722

023188172X

OCLC:

1100435970