Popular History, Post-War Liberalism, and the Role of the Public Intellectual in Richard Hofstadter's the American Political Tradition (1948)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8957968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Witham (0000-0002-6724-5585, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1133-1155 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x1500045x |
| OpenAlex | W2438328337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article examines the status of Richard Hofstadter's classic work The American political tradition (1948) as a ‘popular history’. It uses documents drawn from Hofstadter's personal papers, those of his publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., as well as several of his contemporaries, to pursue a detailed reconstruction of the manner in which the book was written, edited, and reviewed, and to demonstrate how it circulated within, and was defined by, the literary culture of the 1940s and 1950s. The article explores Hofstadter's early career conception of himself as a scholar writing for audiences outside of the academy, reframes the significance of so-called ‘middlebrow’ literature, and, in doing so, offers a fresh appraisal of the links between popular historical writing, liberal politics, and the role of public intellectuals in the post-war United States
Art · Art history · Liberalism · Literature · Media studies · Middlebrow · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · American History and Culture · Classics · History · Law
Beyond Consensus
Beyond Consensus
A Keen Sense of History and the Need to Act
The American Political Tradition And the Men Who Made It
Richard Hofstadter
History and American Internationalism
On Richard Hofstadter and the Politics of “Consensus History
The Emergence of Progressive History
Lionel Trilling and American Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |