That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession
by Novick, Peter
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0521357454
- ISBN 13
- 9780521357456
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good +. xii, 648 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes index. The author, American historian Peter Novick (1934-2012), was Professor of History at the University of Chicago. In this work he examines the the idea of objectivity in the study of 20th-century history, tracing the concept of objectivity among historians back to 19th-century Germany and Leopold von Ranke and then focusing on university history departments in the United States. In Very Good+ Condition: a few page corners creased; top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007061
- Title
- That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession
- Author
- Novick, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0521357454
- ISBN 13
- 9780521357456
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; History & Politics;
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