That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession
Novick, Peter
ISBN 10: 0521357454 ISBN 13: 9780521357456
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Novick shows how the idea and ideal of objectivity were elaborated, challenged, modified, and defended over the last century.
From the Back Cover: The aspiration to relate the past' as it really happened' has been the central goal of American professional historians since the late nineteenth century. In this remarkable history of the profession, Novick shows how the idea and ideal of objectivity were elaborated, challenged, modified, and defended over the last century.
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Title: That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question'...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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