Back to the Basics: Who Is Researching and Interpreting for Whom?.

Tchen, John Kuo Wei

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ERIC Number: EJ505737

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Back to the Basics: Who Is Researching and Interpreting for Whom?

Tchen, John Kuo Wei

Journal of American History, v81 n3 p1004-10 Dec 1994

Discusses historians' attitudes expressed in a survey about cultural diversity, social change, and historical research. Questions basic public interests and needs that people feel. Concludes that the great strength of the United States is that individuals have the freedom to pursue individual searches for memory and meaning. (CFR)

Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Pluralism, Historians, Historical Interpretation, Historiography, Historiography, Intellectual Disciplines, Intellectual Disciplines, Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual Freedom, United States History, United States History

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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