Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Perspectives on Social Science HistoryHarvey J. Graff Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2005 - 235 trang Asserting the need for social science historians to examine their own field, this wide-ranging volume offers an intellectual history and critical evaluation of interdisciplinary social science and social science historiography. The editors present a creative, experimental mix of topics and genres spanning a range of contemporary thought in the field--exploring the past, present, and future of social science history. This book comes at a time when there is great academic interest in the future of the disciplines and in their place within the organization of university education. Based on the 25th anniversary conference of the Social Science History Association, 2000. |
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Introduction | 3 |
The Shock of the New Histories | 13 |
SSHA in the Eyes of | 57 |
Social Science History | 69 |
Part Two Teaching Social Science History | 79 |
Part Three Social Science History Past and Present | 99 |
Historical Demography and Family History | 114 |
Changing Conceptions of Race and Racial Inequality | 130 |
Its Past | 153 |
Part Four The Future of Social Science History | 177 |
Summaries | 222 |
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Contributors 237 | |
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