Public and Academic History A Philosophy and Paradigm

The fundamental changes which have occurred in the meaning of science over the past century and a half are examined in this text. Ways are suggested in which these changes must profoundly affect the discipline of history, and a practical model for historical inquiry arising out of these changes is proposed. These ideas demonstrate clearly the identical nature of the methodologies of both public and academic history, different as they may be in setting and purpose. They also provide a theoretical and practical basis for understanding history as a unified and scholarly discipline in a wide variety of contexts.Leffler, Phyllis K. is the author of 'Public and Academic History A Philosophy and Paradigm' with ISBN 9780894642999 and ISBN 0894642995.