The historiographic controversies which surround the colonial period in Africa are reviewed and summarized. (Author/KM)

Five major turning points are identified which have opened new lines of inquiry into the institution of slavery from the scholarship of the last 18 years in the United States. (Author/KM)

Views and new emphases in black history, the problem of source materials, and a review of the periodical literature are presented. (KM)

Examines the role of generations in American political culture in light of the similarities that bind the participants in each political generation and the differences that distinguish one generation from another. (Author/DB)

Social history which once stood at the periphery of the historian's concern is now at the center. This has meant a new respect for certain kinds of data, necessitated new kinds of documentation, and given rise to new institutionalized fields of inquiry such as demography and kinship, social classes and social groups, modernization and…

Recounts various answers offered to the question of why the study of history is or is not a valid undertaking, offers reasons why historians must make their research more useful, and suggests that learning will come to an end when historians no longer believe in their own worth and no longer strive for high professional standards. (DB)

The development of intellectual history as an institutionalized field of inquiry is briefly outlined. The task of the intellectual historian is to reconstruct the mind of an individual or of groups at the time when a particular event occurred or an advance was achieved for it is the human consciousness which connects the long-range factors and…

Local history studied by the professional historian applying new methods gained from social history has provided abundant new evidence which challenges a number of conventional opinions about larger historical phenomena. (Author/MB)

A new kind of political history needs to be written. It should incorporate the knowledge and methodologies of the other social sciences as well as making politics part of general history. Politics as the study of power involves a type of analysis few nonprofessional historians are capable of conducting. (Author/MB)

Examines the role of the father/son conflict in the emergence of twentieth century higher culture in Vienna. Developments are discussed in areas of politics, theatre, literature, and the visual arts. (DB)

The history of education is an area of study whose potentialities are only beginning to be exploited and which could have a profound influence in thinking about politics, economic development, and social change. Education should be studied as a process deeply entangled in the life of an entire society. (Author/MB)

Explores the relationship of political and religious belief by tracing religious criticism and political crises since the Age of Enlightenment. Predicts changes in ideological bases of religion in future societies and suggests that civilization will place organized religion (particularly, Catholicism) in a less central role. (Author/DB)