History Solo: Non-Academic Historians.

Lemann, Nicholas

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ERIC Number: EJ514121

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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History Solo: Non-Academic Historians.

Lemann, Nicholas

American Historical Review, v100 n3 p788-98 Jun 1995

Argues that the enshrinement of the doctoral degree as the necessary credential for academic historians, the deemphasis on written narrative, and academic specialization have driven away a popular readership for history. Maintains that nonacademic historians now write popular history for the large market of history readers. (CFR)

Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Degrees (Academic), Historians, Historical Interpretation, Historiography, Scholarly Journals, Social Science Research, United States History

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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