History, historians, & autobiography

History and autobiography -- Narrative theory, history, and autobiography -- Historians as autobiographers -- Classic historians' autobiographies : Edward Gibbon and Henry Adams -- Choosing history : the issue of vocation in historians' autobiographies -- Speaking of careers : historians o...

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Main Author: Popkin, Jeremy D. 1948- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Reviews:[Rezension von: Popkin, Jeremy D., History, Historians, and Autobiography] (2006) (Grapa, Caroline Jacot)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Historian / Autobiography
Further subjects:B Historiographie
B Biographieforschung
B Historiography
B Autobiography
B Historians Biography History and criticism
B Biography
B Historian
B Historical studies
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Summary:History and autobiography -- Narrative theory, history, and autobiography -- Historians as autobiographers -- Classic historians' autobiographies : Edward Gibbon and Henry Adams -- Choosing history : the issue of vocation in historians' autobiographies -- Speaking of careers : historians on their professional work -- Historians' autobiographies and historical experience -- Holocaust memories, historians' memoirs -- Historians and the redefinition of personal narrative
ISBN:0226675432