Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: HISTORIANS OF THE EARLIER 1900s; 1. Written History as an Act of Faith; 2. The Rise of American Civilization; 3. Main Currents in American Thought; 4. Commentary on Progressive Histories; PART TWO: HISTORIANS SINCE WORLD WAR II; 5. The Liberal Tradition in America; 6. The Genius of American Politics; 7. The Age of Reform; 8. Commentary on "Consensus and Continuity" in Post War Historical Interpretations
PART THREE A DISSENTING NEO-PROGRESSIVISM IN THE 1960s: THE NEW LEFT HISTORIANS9. The Historian as Participant; 10. Populism, Authoritarianism, and the Historian; 11. Commentary on the New Left; PART FOUR THE HISTORIAN AND THE CLIMATE OF OPINION: AN OBSTACLE OR AN OPPORTUNITY?; 12. The Attempt to Write a More Scientific History; 13. A Critique of the Scientific Hope; 14. The Historian as Moral Critic; Suggestions for Further Reading
Summary
This volume of writings by outstanding twentieth-cnetury American historians presents one aspect of the problem which results from the conflict between the subjectivity of the historian and the objectivity of the past. It examines in particular the relationship between the historian and the climate of opinion in which he does he work
