THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE PHONY: SIX FAMOUS HISTORIANS AND THEIR CRITICS

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE PHONY: SIX FAMOUS HISTORIANS AND THEIR CRITICS

What a bad time it has been for the nation's best-known historians--that is, for the small number of historical writers whose books regularly inhabit the bestseller lists, whose faces frequently appear on television and whose speaking fees reach well into the five figures. Most have recently be...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Virginia quarterly review 2002-07, Vol.78 (3), p.377-394
1. Verfasser: NELSON, MICHAEL
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Beschloss, Michael R
Criticism
Historians
McCullough, David G
Plagiarism
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Television
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Zusammenfassung:What a bad time it has been for the nation's best-known historians--that is, for the small number of historical writers whose books regularly inhabit the bestseller lists, whose faces frequently appear on television and whose speaking fees reach well into the five figures. Most have recently been accused of offenses ranging from incompetence and superficiality to plagiarism and outright fabrication.
ISSN:0042-675X
2154-6932