The Gender of History Men, Women, and Historical Practice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
- Publish date: 09/01/1998
Following the profession up to 1940, The Gender of History traces the emergence of a renewed interest in social and cultural history which had been demeaned in the nineteenth century, when professional historians viewed themselves as supermen who could see through the surface of events to invisible meanings and motives. But Smith doesn't let late twentieth-century historians off the hook. She demonstrates how, even today, the practice of history is propelled by fantasies of power in which researchers imagine themselves as heroic rescuers of inarticulate lower classes. The professionals legacy is still with us, as Smith's extraordinary work proves.
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