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Teaching American History at British Universities: The Continuing Challenge

T HOUGH teaching American history in British universities was greatly stimulated by the role of the United States during World War II, and by its unique partnership with Great Britain at that time, not until the mid-1950's did American history come into its own within university curricula. The inauguration of H. C. Allen as Commonwealth Fund Professor of American History in the University of London in 1955 marked the beginning of a new era of commitment to American history, and the next decade and a half saw a steady increase in the quantity and quality of study in American history. Since Britain itself was in the throes of university expansion, United States history undoubtedly benefited from this surge forward, yet in these same years there emerged a number of eminent Americanists who, along with their disciples, guaranteed that this instruction would be of a high order. Since 1970, however, a plateau in this growth having been reached, the British fraternity of American specialists has been forced to re-think the role and the function of American history at the universities. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a renewed concern for superior achievement in teaching is a likely result. No school of British Americanists could be said to have existed until the close of the Second World War. Before then, from time to time an individual scholar tried his hand at American history, but no pattern of

The Lima Pastors, 1750-1820: Their Origins and Studies as Taken from Their Autobiographies

Within recent years, Spanish American historical studies have gained in depth and understanding. One area which has witnessed relatively little progress, however, is the clergy. While European scholars have been busy in the investigation of many aspects of the life and work of the clergy, Latin Americanists have done little or nothing. It is a pleasure to be able to present a study on the pastors of the Lima archdiocese in an effort to help fill an evident need.

Lutheranism in the Southeastern States, 1860–1886: a Social History. By Hugh George Anderson. (Studies in American History, x). Pp. 276. The Hague-Paris: Mouton1969. Guilders 40.

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The Color Problem in Early National America as Viewed by John Adams, Jefferson and Jackson. By <italic>Frederick M. Binder</italic>. [Studies in American History, Number 7.] (The Hague: Mouton. 1968. Pp. 177. 24 gls.)

Journal Article The Color Problem in Early National America as Viewed by John Adams, Jefferson and Jackson. By Frederick M. Binder. [Studies in American History, Number 7.] (The Hague: Mouton. 1968. Pp. 177. 24 gls.) Get access The Color Problem in Early National America as Viewed by John Adams, Jefferson and Jackson. By Binder Frederick M.. [Studies in American History, Number 7.] (The Hague: Mouton. 1968. Pp. 177. 24 gls.) Louis Filler Louis Filler Antioch College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 75, Issue 3, February 1970, Pages 921–922, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/75.3.921 Published: 01 February 1970

The United States and Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century. By <italic>Heinz K. Meier</italic>. [Studies in American History, Number 1.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1963. Pp. 208.)

Journal Article The United States and Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century. By Heinz K. Meier. [Studies in American History, Number 1.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1963. Pp. 208.) Get access The United States and Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century. By Meier Heinz K.. [Studies in American History, Number 1.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1963. Pp. 208.) Leo Schelbert Leo Schelbert Rutgers University, Newark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 74, Issue 1, October 1968, Page 109, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/74.1.109 Published: 01 October 1968

History as Argument: Three Patriot Historians of the American Revolution. By <italic>William Raymond Smith</italic>. [Studies in American History, Number 5.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1966. Pp. 207. 26 gls)

Journal Article History as Argument: Three Patriot Historians of the American Revolution. By William Raymond Smith. [Studies in American History, Number 5.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1966. Pp. 207. 26 gls) Get access History as Argument: Three Patriot Historians of the American Revolution. By Smith William Raymond. [Studies in American History, Number 5.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1966. Pp. 207. 26 gls.) Abraham S. Eisenstadt Abraham S. Eisenstadt Brooklyn College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 73, Issue 2, December 1967, Pages 594–596, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/73.2.594 Published: 01 December 1967

Barbados: A Study of North-American-West-Indian Relations, 1739–1789

Barbados: A Study of North-American-West-Indian Relations, 1739–1789 Barbados: A Study of North-American-West-Indian Relations, 1739–1789. By Makinson David H.. [Studies in American History, Number 3.] (The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1964. Pp. 142. Glds. 22.) J. Harry Bennett J. Harry Bennett 1University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 71, Issue 1, October 1965, Page 343, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/71.1.343 Published: 01 October 1965

Unifying the Study of American History and Literature

Unifying the Study of American History and Literature

Basic American history generalizations for the elementary grades

In light of the current ideological struggle between the democratic and communist ways of life, there is great concern among educators that American children understand the history of our republic. The purpose of a study completed at The Pennsylvania State University in September 1962, was to determine those basic generalizations in American History, appropriate for the elementary school social studies curriculum, which will provide the understandings necessary for the continued study of American history. The generalizations used in the study were selected by examining eight leading college textbooks1 in American history published during the twentieth century. The more than 1400 generalizations extracted were categorized and synthesized into nine major themes or topics of American history: 1. The Exploration and Colonization of America 2. American Independence 3. Framing and Implanting the Constitution 4. The Growth and Development of Democracy 5. The Influence of Sectionalism on American History 6. The Great Migration to the New World 7. The Westward Movement and the Influence of the Frontier on American History 8. The Transformation of the United States From an Agrarian Nation into an Industrial Power

Cornell Studies in American History, Literature, and Folklore, Number VI. The Wilson Administration and Civil Liberties, 1917-1921

Journal Article The Wilson Administration and Civil Liberties, 1917–1921. By Harry N. Scheiber. Cornell Studies in American History, Literature, and Folklore, Number VI. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1960. x + 69 pp. Notes, appendix, bibliographical note, and index. $1.25.) Get access Journal of American History, Volume 47, Issue 2, September 1960, Page 364, https://doi.org/10.2307/1891767 Published: 01 September 1960

Prescott’s Most Indispensable Aide: Pascual de Gayangos

IN HIS pursuit of the endlessly interdependent activity that is historical scholarship, William Hickling Prescott was peculiarly dependent. His dependent nature sprang from three basic circumstances: the state of Spanish and Spanish American historical studies in the United States, wherein his trail-blazing contributions antedated the existence of public collections-hence the necessity that he build a significant personal library; the state of his physical being, which found him blind in one eye and able to employ the other one in an erratic and occasional fashion only; and the inner nature of the man who was so enamored of family, friends, Boston, personal comforts, and fashionable society that the very thought of foreign travel in search of' historical materials never received serious consideration in the course of his entire career. In addition to his overweening stay-at-home social side, Prescott was furthermore such a romantic that he quite possibly held illusions about Spain, Mexico, and Peru-the focal points of his histories, that jealously precluded his ever visiting them. To counter these intellectual, physical, and social-psychological obstacles, Prescott knew a financial well-being that permitted him to move ahead with his historical studies. In so doing he depended upon many for many things. In Spain, Mexico, England, France, the Italian and German states, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Prescott repeatedly depended so heavily upon American foreign service personnel that it would not have been amiss had he dedicated one of his works to the Department of State. Secretary of Legation Arthur Middleton, a classmate of the historian's at Harvard, was his aide in Madrid for almost eight years, finding materials and copyists, shipping transcripts, etc. From Spain, too, Ministers Alexander H. Everett and Washington Irving and Consul Alexander Burton extended peculiarly personal patterns of assistance. Both in England and on the con-

The Study of American History in Canada Universities

The Study of American History in Canada Universities. Un article de la revue Report of the Annual Meeting / Rapports annuels de la Société historique du Canada (Volume 37, numéro 1, 1958, p. 1-129) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.

Channing and Hart: Partners in Bibliography

THE fame of a historian can be measured somewhat by the extent his distinguished work becomes synonymous with his name, not only to his contemporaries but also to later generations. If a reference to Gibbon or Macaulay evokes an immediate response of title in the historical reader, so also does the mention of Channing. Although the quarter-century since his death is too short a time to confirm the longevity of his History of the United States, Volume I has reached the half-century mark successfully, and it seems unlikely that any future historian will equal the achievement of his six volumes. Hart's name just as inevitably recalls The American Nation. This great collaborative work was conceived by Hart in 1902 (the inspiration came from Winsor's Narrative and Critical History) and completed within five years. Only a dynamic promoter, persistent prodder, and skillful editor could have produced results of high and durable quality from an assortment of two dozen professors of history and non-academic historians. Hart wrote two of these twenty-seven volumes himself as well as many others in American history and government, but his fame rests increasingly on his historical editing. American History as Told by Contemporaries stands as another example. When we couple the names of the two historians who are the subject of this paper, the partnership likewise provokes immediate response. If European history has its Langlois and Seignobos, American history has its Channing and Hart. Moreover, the national connotation of this partnership antedated by a decade the individual distinction which each was to enjoy increasingly from his separate undertakings. Their Guide to the Study of American History became the handbook of every advanced student of the subject. It was the teacher's

New Approaches to Research in Early American History

E -n IGHT years ago, at invitation of Institute of Early American History and Culture, a group of nine colonial historians met for a two-day conference at Princeton to consider state of research and teaching in field. report of conference took form of a jeremiad, a joint and protracted wail over low and languishing condition of Early American historical studies. Those of us who were at conference were agreed there has been a steady decline in teaching of colonial history.... That there has been a shrinking amount of research.... That this neglect is alarming....'' l One of first things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning in Early American history and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate history faculty to colleges when the present group of able scholars2 should lie in dust. Professor Carl Bridenbaugh was appointed to preach formal jeremiad to profession, which he did at Cleveland meeting of American Historical Association in December, I947. His sermon was later published in American Historical Review under title The Neglected First Half of American History.3 Mr. Bridenbaugh painted a sufficiently gloomy picture, highlighted with statistics showing, for example, a steady decline in number of articles, notes, and documents dealing with Early American history in American Historical Review since I920. I have one statistic to report for period since I947, and it is only moderately encouraging. As against seventeen contributions on Early American history printed in Review in eight years before Mr. Bridenbaugh's report, there have been twenty-three in eight years since-a fact which may be explained by Mr. Bridenbaugh's having been on Board of Editors during that time.

Studies in American History

Studies in American History

<italic>Studies in American History</italic>. Inscribed to <sc>James Albert Wood-Burn</sc>, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of American History in Indiana University, by his former Students. (Bloomington: Indiana University. 1926. Pp. x, 455. Paper, $1.00; cloth, $1.75)

<italic>Studies in American History</italic>. Inscribed to <sc>James Albert Wood-Burn</sc>, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of American History in Indiana University, by his former Students. (Bloomington: Indiana University. 1926. Pp. x, 455. Paper, $1.00; cloth, $1.75)

Studies in American History

Studies in American History

Supplementary Studies in American History, Book One. Marie CroweSupplementary Studies in American History, Book Two. Genevieve Melody

<i>Supplementary Studies in American History, Book One</i>. Marie Crowe<i>Supplementary Studies in American History, Book Two</i>. Genevieve Melody

Book Review: Historical Readings: An Introduction to the Study of American History

Book Review: Historical Readings: An Introduction to the Study of American History

Supervised study in American History

Supervised study in American History