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Introduction

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Popular Origins of Academic History 38
  6. 2. Debating Research 66
  7. 3. Hunters and Gatherers of Historical Documents 103
  8. 4. The Politics of “Unquestionable” Facts 133
  9. 5. The Statesman as Hero: An Imperial Aesthetic for a National History 167
  10. 6. Between Providence and Character: The Historian Himself 206
  11. 7. Archiving the Nation: Sarkar’s Fall from Grace 241
  12. 8. The Author and the Historian: A Conversational Reverie 278
  13. Acknowledgments 289
  14. Index 295
The Calling of History
This chapter is in the book The Calling of History
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226240244-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Popular Origins of Academic History 38
  6. 2. Debating Research 66
  7. 3. Hunters and Gatherers of Historical Documents 103
  8. 4. The Politics of “Unquestionable” Facts 133
  9. 5. The Statesman as Hero: An Imperial Aesthetic for a National History 167
  10. 6. Between Providence and Character: The Historian Himself 206
  11. 7. Archiving the Nation: Sarkar’s Fall from Grace 241
  12. 8. The Author and the Historian: A Conversational Reverie 278
  13. Acknowledgments 289
  14. Index 295
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