THE WRITING OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Revised Edition.

Kraus, Michael and Davis D. Joyce

ISBN 10: 080611519X / ISBN 13: 9780806115191

Published by Norman OK. 1985. Univ. Of Oklahoma Press, 1985

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shiny black hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding tight, slightly slanted (cocked). covers clean. edges have a bit of faint soiling. smude on the front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. a little rubbing, not torn or price clipped(no price indicated). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first printing (nap) of this revised edition. xvi+445p+colophon. notes. books on the writing of american history. index. historiography. history. biography. american history. american literature. political philosophy. ~ Events which become historical, says Michael Kraus, do not live on because of their mere occurrence. They survive when writers re~create them and thus preserve for posterity their otherwise fleeting existence. ~ In other words, historiography~the study of historians and their particular contributions to the body of historical records must not be ignored by those who seriously wish to understand the past. When the first edition of Michael Kraus's Writing of American History was published, a reviewer for the New York Herald Tribune wrote: "No serious study of our national origins and development can afford not to have such an aid as this at his elbow." The book quickly came to be regarded as one of the few truly standard general surveys of American historiography, invaluable as a reference book, as a textbook, and as a highly readable source of information for the interested general reader. This new edition with coauthor Davis D. Joyce confirms its position as the definitive work in the field. Concise yet comprehensive, here is an analysis of the writers and writings of American history from the Norse voyages to modern times. The book has its roots in Kraus's pioneering History of Amencan History, published in 1937, a unique and successful attempt to cover in one volume the entire sweep of American historical activity. Kraus revised and updated the book in 1953, when it was published under the present title. Now, once again, the demand for its revision has been met. Davis D. Joyce, with the full cooperation and approval of Kraus, has thoroughly revised and brought up to date the text of the 1953 edition. The clarity and even~handedness of Kraus's text has been carefully preserved. The last three chapters add entirely new material, surveying the massive and complex body of American historical writing since World War II: "Consensus: American Historical Writing in the 1950s," "Conflict: American Historical Writing in the 1960s," and "Complexity: American Historical Writing in the 1970s ~ and Beyond.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WRITING OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Revised Edition.
• Publisher: Norman OK. 1985. Univ. Of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080611519X
• ISBN 13: 9780806115191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Book by Kraus, Michael, Joyce, Davis D.

About the Author

Davis D.Joyce, Professor of History at East Central University, Ada , Oklahoma , served from 1994 to 1996 as Soros Professor of American Studies at Kossuth University in Hungary. He is the author of Edward Channing and the Great Work and History and Historians: Some Essays, editor of A History of the United States by Edward Channing, and coauthor of United States History: A Brief Introduction for Hungarian Students (with Tibor Glant) and The Writing of American History, also published by the University of  Oklahoma Press.