Journal article
The Modern American Presidency, 1945–1974: A Bibliographical Essay
Canadian review of American studies, Vol.16(4), pp.425-441
1985
DOI: 10.3138/CRAS-016-04-04
Abstract
Elusive and indistinct lines separate the study of the past from the study of the present, the detachment of the scholar from the bias of the participant, and the subjectivity of current events from the objectivity of history. The poverty of sources confronting medievalists is a problem equalled only by the overwhelming wealth of source material confronting students of recent history. Historians of the twentieth century find themselves sifting through the cinders of societal and political events which are still smouldering; some of the coals remain too hot to examine, and the fire of the present can neither be safely ignored nor approached too closely.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Modern American Presidency, 1945–1974: A Bibliographical Essay
- Creators
- Colin Gordon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Canadian review of American studies, Vol.16(4), pp.425-441
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- DOI
- 10.3138/CRAS-016-04-04
- ISSN
- 0007-7720
- eISSN
- 1710-114X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1985
- Academic Unit
- History; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984251623402771
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