Novick, Peter

That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Paperback. xii, 648 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes index. The author, American historian Peter Novick (1934-2012), was Professor of History at the University of Chicago. In this work he examines the the idea of objectivity in the study of 20th-century history, tracing the concept of objectivity among historians back to 19th-century Germany and Leopold von Ranke and then focusing on university history departments in the United States. In Very Good+ Condition: a few page corners creased; top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good +. Item #007061
ISBN: 0521357454

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