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Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-

Title Past imperfect : facts, fictions, and fraud in the writing of American history / Peter Charles Hoffer.

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New York : PublicAffairs, 2004.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	973.072 H675p 2004	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiv, 287 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index.
Contents	I: Facts and fictions -- The rise of consensus history -- Professions of history -- The new history and its promoters -- In the eye of the storm -- II: Fraud -- Falsification: the case of Michael Bellesiles -- Plagiarism : the cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Fabrication: the case of Joseph Ellis -- The future of the past.
Subject	United States -- Historiography.
	United States -- History -- Philosophy.
	Historiography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Historiography -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Historians -- United States -- Biography.
	Bellesiles, Michael A.
	Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
	Ambrose, Stephen E.
	Ellis, Joseph J.
	Professional ethics -- Case studies.
ISBN	1586482440