Past imperfect: facts, fictions, fraud-- American history from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin

Author: Hoffer, Peter Charles

Title: Past imperfec: facts, fictions, fraud-- American history from Bancroft and Parkman to

Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin

Published: New York: PublicAffairs, 2004

Description: xiv, 287 p. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 241-272

Subject(s):

• Historiography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Historiography -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Historians -- United States -- Biography
• Professional ethics -- United States -- Case studies
• United States -- Historiography
• United States -- History -- Philosophy
• Bellesiles, Michael A.
• Goodwin, Doris Kearns
• Ambrose, Stephen E.
• Ellis, Joseph J.

Review(s):

• Garrow, David J. "Crimes of history." The Wilson Quarterly 29.1 (Wntr 2005): 112
• Fitzpatrick, Ellen. "Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud-American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin." Journal of American History 92.3 (Dec 2005): 1076
• Loewen, James W. "Facts, Fictions, and Fraud in the Writing of American History." Public Historian 27.3 (Summer 2005): 69

Read: June 14, 2005