Being a Historian: An Introduction to the Professional World of History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2012
Author
Author: James M. Banner
Language
English
Number of Pages
267 pp.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
New York, NY
Chronological Period
21st century
ISBN
9781107021594
Annotation

Contents: 

  • The discipline and professions of history
  • The structure of the discipline of history
  • A multitude of opportunities: forms, kinds, and users of history
  • The academic trinity: research, teaching, service
  • History outside the academy
  • Teaching and writing history
  • Professional principles, responsibilities, rights
  • Being oneself as historian
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