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CHAPTER 8. Nineteenth-Century American History
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- PREFACE vii
- INTRODUCTION 1
- CHAPTER 1. Exceptionalism 21
- CHAPTER 2. Gender 41
- CHAPTER 3. Economic History and the Cliometric Revolution 59
- CHAPTER 4. The New and Newer Histories: Social Theory and Historiography in an American Key 85
- CHAPTER 5. Explaining Racism in American History 107
- CHAPTER 6. Crèvecoeur's Question: Historical Writing on Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity 120
- CHAPTER 7. The Relevance and Irrelevance of American Colonial History 144
- CHAPTER 8. Nineteenth-Century American History 164
- CHAPTER 9. Americans and the Writing of Twentieth-Century United States History 185
- CHAPTER 10. Western Civilization 206
- CHAPTER 11. American Classical Historiography 222
- CHAPTER 12. In the Mirrors Eye: The Writing of Medieval History in America 238
- CHAPTER 13. The Italian Renaissance, Made in the USA 263
- CHAPTER 14. Between Whig Traditions and New Histories: American Historical Writing about Reformation and Early Modern Europe 295
- CHAPTER 15. Prescotts Paradigm: American Historical Scholarship and the Decline of Spain 324
- CHAPTER 16. The American Historiography of the French Revolution 349
- CHAPTER 17. Modern Europe in American Historical Writing 393
- CHAPTER 18. Clio in Tauris: American Historiography on Russia 415
- CHAPTER 19. House of Mirrors: American History-Writing on Japan 434
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 455
- INDEX 459
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- PREFACE vii
- INTRODUCTION 1
- CHAPTER 1. Exceptionalism 21
- CHAPTER 2. Gender 41
- CHAPTER 3. Economic History and the Cliometric Revolution 59
- CHAPTER 4. The New and Newer Histories: Social Theory and Historiography in an American Key 85
- CHAPTER 5. Explaining Racism in American History 107
- CHAPTER 6. Crèvecoeur's Question: Historical Writing on Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity 120
- CHAPTER 7. The Relevance and Irrelevance of American Colonial History 144
- CHAPTER 8. Nineteenth-Century American History 164
- CHAPTER 9. Americans and the Writing of Twentieth-Century United States History 185
- CHAPTER 10. Western Civilization 206
- CHAPTER 11. American Classical Historiography 222
- CHAPTER 12. In the Mirrors Eye: The Writing of Medieval History in America 238
- CHAPTER 13. The Italian Renaissance, Made in the USA 263
- CHAPTER 14. Between Whig Traditions and New Histories: American Historical Writing about Reformation and Early Modern Europe 295
- CHAPTER 15. Prescotts Paradigm: American Historical Scholarship and the Decline of Spain 324
- CHAPTER 16. The American Historiography of the French Revolution 349
- CHAPTER 17. Modern Europe in American Historical Writing 393
- CHAPTER 18. Clio in Tauris: American Historiography on Russia 415
- CHAPTER 19. House of Mirrors: American History-Writing on Japan 434
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 455
- INDEX 459