American Historian A Social Intellectual History Of The Writing Of The American Past : Legare Street Press : 9781022895393 : 1022895397 : 22 Jul 2023 : This book explores the social and intellectual history of American historians and their writing of the past. It examines American historical writing from its beginnings in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, focusing on the ways in which historians' social and political circumstances have shaped their work. Wish argues that American historians have always been deeply engaged with the social and political issues of their time, and that their work reflects this engagement. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyr