The Historiographical Tradition in 20th Century America
The Historiographical Tradition in 20th Century America
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20世纪美国的史学传统
DOI：
10.1080/08821127.1999.10739161
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发表时间：
1999
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0.2
通讯作者：
James D. Startt
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作者：
James D. Startt
用马克·吐温的话来说，关于历史死亡的报道都是夸大其词。1相反的证据是压倒性的。想想公众对史密森尼博物馆关于埃诺拉盖伊和二战结束的展览，或者对国家历史标准委员会最近的报告的反应。[2]事实上，我们遇到的证据表明，历史每天都在生活。宪法是这样说的，或者我们的开国元勋们相信，或者追溯到更早的时候，罗马就是因为这个而衰落的。我们多久听到这样的言论一次？或者我们经常听到普通人先生说，”历史证明......正如格尔达·勒纳所说：“所有的人都是实践中的历史学家。”“3
Reports of the death of history, to paraphrase Mark Twain are greatly exaggerated. 1 Evidence to thecontrary is over-whelming. Consider the public reaction to the Smith-sonian's exhibit on the Enola Gay and the end of World War II, or to the recent report of the NationalCouncil for History Standards. 2 In fact, we encounter proof that history lives every day. The Constitution says this, or our Founding Fathers believed that, or moving farther back in time, Rome fell because of this. How often have we heard such state-ments? Or how often have we heard Mr. Everyman say," History proves that...." As Gerda Lerner comments:" All human beings are practic-ing historians." 3