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Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891), whose career as a populizer of United States history spanned nearly sixty years, is the focus of this study of the production and uses of history in nineteenth-century American culture. After an introduction on relevant theory and methodology and the background for American historical writing, nine chronological chapters trace Lossing's career from an impoverished youth in rural New York through a thirty-year sojourn in New York City and later periods of voluminous writing. A conclusion discusses how Lossing's reputation suffered after the rise of academic historians who perceived him as lacking scholarly exactitude.
Table of Contents
Scribblers and Scholars: An Introduction
A Spark Flamed: 1813-1838
Historian on the Make: 1838-1841
A Career Revived: 1841-1848
From Dan to Beersheba: The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution
Worth a Dozen Plutarchs: The 1850s
Patriotic Lore: Lossing's Civil War
With Redoubled Efforts: 1868-1880
Decline and Fall: 1881-1891
More (or Less) Than a Historian? Lossing's Legacies
Bibliographic Essay
Index
A Spark Flamed: 1813-1838
Historian on the Make: 1838-1841
A Career Revived: 1841-1848
From Dan to Beersheba: The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution
Worth a Dozen Plutarchs: The 1850s
Patriotic Lore: Lossing's Civil War
With Redoubled Efforts: 1868-1880
Decline and Fall: 1881-1891
More (or Less) Than a Historian? Lossing's Legacies
Bibliographic Essay
Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 20 1996 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9780313288067 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Studies in Historiography |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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