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1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-209) and index. |
| Summary |
This work describes major changes in the conceptual language of the humanities, particularly in the discourse of history. In seven closely related essays, the author traces the development of academic vocabularies through the dynamically shifting cultural, political, and linguistic landscapes of the 20th century. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Chapter 1. The Rise and Fall of Historiography; Chapter 2. From Philosophy to Theory; Chapter 3. Going Native: History, Language, and Culture; Chapter 4. Postmodernism and the People without History. |
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Chapter 5. On the Emergence of Memory in Historical Discourse; Chapter 6. Remembrance and the Christian Right; Afterword: History and Theory in Our Time; Notes; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Philosophy.
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United States. |
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History. |
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Philosophy. |
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Historiography -- United States -- Methodology.
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Historiography. |
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Methodology. |
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Historiography -- United States -- History.
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Linguistic change -- United States -- History.
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Linguistic change. |
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History -- Terminology.
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Terminology.
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Religion -- Terminology.
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Religion. |
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Discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis. |
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Social change -- United States -- History.
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Social change. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klein, Kerwin Lee, 1961- From history to theory. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520268814 (DLC) 2010033220 (OCoLC)659304837 |
| ISBN |
9780520948297 (electronic book) |
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0520948297 (electronic book) |
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9780520268814 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520268814 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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