The Future of the Past |
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Author:
| Woodward, C. Vann |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-506903-7 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $37.99 |
Book Description:
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This book collects two decades of the most significant essays, addresses, and major book reviews of this prominent American historian. It includes two important presidential addresses, as well as essays on changing historical concerns of the past decades, the value of comparative history, the South in Reconstruction times and the South today, and the use of fiction in history (and history in fiction). Whether reviewing William Safire's novel Freedom or evaluating Henry Adam's portrait...
More DescriptionThis book collects two decades of the most significant essays, addresses, and major book reviews of this prominent American historian. It includes two important presidential addresses, as well as essays on changing historical concerns of the past decades, the value of comparative history, the South in Reconstruction times and the South today, and the use of fiction in history (and history in fiction). Whether reviewing William Safire's novel Freedom or evaluating Henry Adam's portrait of Jefferson, Woodward's essays reflect a lifetime of thought on history and historical writing.