David Harlan

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ID3977307
NAMEDavid Harlan
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMEHarlan
SIGNATUREHARLAN D
AFFILIATIONSCalifornia Polytechnic State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
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    David HarlanARTICLERethinking History2007References: 1

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    David HarlanARTICLERethinking History2006

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    David HarlanARTICLERethinking History2005

  • In This Issue of Rethinking History

    David HarlanARTICLERethinking History2004Cited by: 1

    This issue contains a semi-autobiographical essay by Dominick LaCapra; commentaries by Michael Roth, Carolyn Dean, Allan Megill and Ernst van Alphen; and a poem by B. H. Fairchild

  • Ken Burns and the Coming Crisis of Academic History

    David HarlanARTICLERethinking History2003Cited by: 7

    Ken Burns is the most famous historian in the USA. His films are immensely popular: The Civil War may have been seen by as many as a hundred million people. That would make it the most popular history ever written or produced. His eighteen-hour history of baseball would be second and Jazz - the final instalment in his trilogy of American history - would be third. At a time when Americans are said to be uninterested in history, Ken Burns has becom…

  • The Degradation of American History

    Richard Wightman Fox, David HarlanARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1999

    American historical writing has traditionally been a primary form of moral reflection. However, this study argues that, in the disillusionment following the 1960s, history abandoned its redemptive potential, and adopted the methodology of the social sciences. It describes the reasons for this change to objectivity and professionalism, explains why it failed, and examines the emergence of a new traditionalism in American historical writing. The fi…

  • The Degradation of American History

    Casey Blake, Casey N Blake et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article The Degradation of American History. By David Harlan. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. xxxiv, 289 pp. Cloth, $41.00, ISBN 0-226-31616-5. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-226-31617-3.) Get access Casey N. Blake Casey N. Blake Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 1, June 1999, Pages 200–201, https://doi.org/1…

  • The Degradation of American History

    Kerwin Lee Klein, David Harlan et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1999

  • A People Blinded from Birth: American History According to Sacvan Bercovitch

    David HarlanARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 1

    Journal Article A People Blinded from Birth: American History according to Sacvan Bercovitch Get access David Harlan David Harlan teaches in the history department California State University, San Luis Obispo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 949–971, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078797 Published: 01 December 1991

  • The Clergy and the Great Awakening in New England

    William G Mcloughlin, David Harlan et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1981

    Journal Article The Clergy and the Great Awakening in New England. By David Harlan. (Ann Arbor: UMI Research, 1980. ix + 172 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $23.95.) Get access William G. McLoughlin William G. McLoughlin Brown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 1, June 1981, Pages 109–110, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890921 Published: 01 June 1981