The Organization of American Historians and the Writing and Teaching of American History.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MVHA-OAH -- 1 The Rise of a Modern and Democratic Learned Society -- 2 The Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1907-1952 -- 3 From the MVHA to the OAH, 1951-1981 -- 4 The OAH in Troublesome Times, 1980-2000 -- 5 One Hundred Years of History: Extraordinary Change, Persistent Challenges -- PART II: THE MVHA-OAH AND THE FIELDS OF HISTORY -- 6 The Most Appropriate Subjects for Study -- 7 The Persistence of Political History -- 8 The Continental Empire and the Global Power -- 9 Economic History and American Historians: From Integration to Segregation in One Century -- 10 The Battle for Military History: Success or Failure? -- 11 The Challenges to Traditional Histories -- 12 Social History and Intellectual History -- 13 The Long and Influential Life of Social History in the MVHR and the JAH -- 14 The MVHR, the JAH, and Intellectual History: From Margin to Mainstream -- 15 Immigration and the Tattered Narrative of Progressive History -- 16 The Slow Rise to Prominence of African American History -- 17 Women's History: From Neglect to Prominence and to Integration -- 18 The Presence of Native American History -- 19 The Wild One: Environmental History as Redheaded Stepchild -- 20 The History That Dare Not Speak Its Name -- 21 How Discipline Change Happens -- PART III: EDITING THE JOURNAL -- 22 A Learned Journal Adjusts to Change -- 23 Editing and the Challenges of Specialization, Audiences, Sites of Practice -- 24 Putting Together American History -- 25 Becoming the Editor -- PART IV: THE MVHA-OAH AND THE TEACHING OF HISTORY -- 26 The Shouldering of Responsibilities -- 27 The MVHA and Teaching: A Strained Relationship -- 28 Why a Focus on Teaching Day? -- 29 The OAH and the Community College Professoriate -- 30 The Recent Years -- 31 A Plea for Equality.

PART V: THE MVHA-OAH AND PUBLIC HISTORY -- 32 Public History: Past and Present -- 33 Historians in the Federal Government -- 34 Discovering Public History in an Unlikely Place: UC, Santa Barbara, 1976 and After -- 35 Public History and the Academy: A Continuum of Practice -- PART VI: PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIES -- 36 The Sitting President Looks On-Uncomfortably -- 37 The Transformation of the Annual Meeting -- 38 The Warm Memories of a Life Member -- 39 The Third Woman in the Presidency -- 40 The OAH in Philadelphia: The Musical -- 41 History's Public Function -- 42 The OAH in St. Louis: The Protest -- Afterword -- Appendix: The Officers, 1907-2012 -- Notes on Contributors.

Through the lens of the premier organization for the promotion of the history of the United States, this book relates the growth of the discipline of American history in scholarship, teaching, and public history.

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