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Authors: David Russo, Jon L. Wakelyn
ISBN-13: 9780313296826, ISBN-10: 0313296820
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: July 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: David Russo

DAVID J. RUSSO is a Professor of U.S. History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Book Synopsis

Important aspects of historical study are not being dealt with effectively by academic historians.

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A series of essays on academic historical study, in sections on common confusions from a historical perspective and the relationship between historians and nations, local communities, and communication. Examines inconsistent views about the role of the government in economy, religion, and equality, and discusses the importance of local communities to historians. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	Introduction	1
I	Common Confusions from a Historical Perspective
1	Identities	7
2	Inconsistencies	11
3	Traditions	21
II	Historians and Nations
4	The True Nature of Nations and Nationalism	29
5	The Limitation of National Histories as Fields of Study	41
III	Historians and Local Communities
6	"Prehistorical" Definitions of Local Communities	53
7	A Historical Definition of Local Communities	61
8	Current Definitions of Community	83
IV	Historians and Generalizations
9	Problems in Historical Synthesizing	91
10	False Generalizations in Historical Writing	109
V	Historians and Communication
11	History as Writing	119
	Notes	131
	Bibliography	143
	Name Index	151
	Subject Index	153