Pfister, Jude M.
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index.
- America as a topic of historical inquiry — European models of history and the American Revolution — American writing in the age of American independence — Writing about the founding — Three giants of historical writing in America in 1800 — Other genres of writing about history — George Washington: retirement and death — Ramsay and Weems: biographers — Bushrod Washington and John Marshall write The Life of George Washington — Jared Sparks and the writing of The Life and Writings of George Washington — The harvest of Sparks’ Washington — The bitter harvest of Sparks’ Washington.
Subjects:
- United States — Historiography.
- Historians — United States.
- United States — History — Study and teaching.
- Geschichtsschreibung. (DE-588)4020531-9 gnd
- Nationalbewusstsein. (DE-588)4041282-9 gnd
- USA. (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd
- United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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