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The plain and noble garb of truth : nationalism & impartiality in American historical writing, 1784-1860
- Title
- The plain and noble garb of truth : nationalism & impartiality in American historical writing, 1784-1860 / Eileen Ka-May Cheng.
- Author
- Cheng, Eileen K.
- Publication
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 368 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Historiography > Social aspects > United States > History
- Fairness > History > 19th century
- United States > Historiography
- Historiography > United States > History > 19th century
- Fairness > History > 18th century
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
- Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century
- Nationalism > United States > History > 18th century
- Historiography > United States > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-357) and index.
- Contents
- "To become a historian": a discipline and a society in transition -- "Histories in novels", "novels in histories": imagination, fact, and the moral truths of history -- "To express old things in a new way": originality and impartiality in American historical methodology -- Puritanism, slavery, and the American revolution : American exceptionalism and impartiality -- The "losers" of the revolution: loyalists, Indians and the ideal of impartiality.
- Call Number
- I 08-7079
- ISBN
- 9780820330730 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0820330736 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008010715
- OCLC
- 181602038
- Author
- Cheng, Eileen K.
- Title
- The plain and noble garb of truth : nationalism & impartiality in American historical writing, 1784-1860 / Eileen Ka-May Cheng.
- Imprint
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-357) and index.
- Research Call Number
- I 08-7079