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The Future of the Past



This excerpt from a review of The Future of the Past by C. Vann Woodward discusses the author's career and the book's contents. Woodward has won every major history award and has written extensively on the subject. He discusses the direction of the profession and the value of comparative history in this excerpt. more details
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  • The Future of the Past is an exploration of the history profession and its future
  • It discusses the value of comparative history and how it can be used to better understand the past
  • It offers insights on the direction of the history profession and how it can be improved The Future of the Past is an exploration of the history profession and its future. It discusses the value of comparative history and how it can be used to better understand the past. It offers insights on the direction of the history profession and how it can be improved.


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Author C. Vann Woodward
Format Softcover
ISBN 9780195069037
Publisher USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press, Usa
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This excerpt from a review of The Future of the Past by C. Vann Woodward discusses the author's career and the book's contents. Woodward has won every major history award and has written extensively on the subject. He discusses the direction of the profession and the value of comparative history in this excerpt.

C. Vann Woodward is one of America's most prominent living historians. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Parkman Prizes--and he has served as president of both the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. The Future of the Past collects two decades worth of Woodward's most significant essays, addresses, and major book reviews, including two important presidential addresses--"The Future of the Past" and "Clio with Soul" (his trenchant assessment of Afro-American history)--as well as essays on changing historical concerns of the past decades, the value of comparative history, the South in Reconstruction times and the South today, and the use of fiction in history (and history in fiction). Woodward has written illuminating introductory comments on each section and offers an incisive general introduction about history and the direction the profession is taking today. Whether reviewing William Safire's novel Freedom or evaluating Henry Adam's portrait of Jefferson, Woodward's essays reflect a lifetime of thought on history and historical writing, and are essential reading for anyone concerned with either.
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