History as a Profession : : The Study of History in France, 1818-1914 / / Pim den Boer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: den Boer, Pim,
• TeilnehmendeR: Pomerans, Arnold.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 397
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.) :; 11 halftones 1 map 24 tables

This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors.Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He shows the increasing involvement of the national government in historical studies, paying special attention to the impact of political factions, ranging from ultraroyalists to radical republicans. He explores how historical research and teaching changed at schools and universities. And he shows how nineteenth-century historians' keen understanding of the past and of historical methodology laid the foundations for historiography in the twentieth century. archives, including official documents, confidential reports, and personal letters. Den Boer makes use of statistical, biographical, and methodological analysis and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of both minor historians and leading scholars, including Charles Seignobos and Charles-Victor Langlois.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE. The Contours of French Histonography, 1820-1914 -- CHAPTER TWO. Paying for History -- CHAPTER THREE. History at School -- CHAPTER FOUR. History and Higher Education -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Old Professors and the New -- CHAPTER SIX. Changes in Professional Wnting -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIXES -- NOTES -- SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NAME INDEX -- About the Author