History as a Profession:
The Study of History in France, 1818-1914
Pim den Boer

Winner of the D. J. Veegens Prize of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem

Cloth | 1998 | $137.50 / £97.00
496 pp. | 6 x 9 | 11 halftones 1 map 24 tables

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This is a vivid portrait of the French historical profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, concluding just before the emergence of the famous Annales school of historians. It places the profession in its social, academic, and political context and shows that historians of the period have been unfairly maligned as amateurish and primitive in comparison to their more celebrated successors.

Pim den Boer begins by sketching the contours of French historiography in the nineteenth century, examining the quantity of historical writing, its subject matter, and who wrote it. He traces the growing influence of professional historians. He shows the increasing involvement of the national government in historical studies, paying special attention to the impact of political factions, ranging from ultraroyalists to radical republicans. He explores how historical research and teaching changed at schools and universities. And he shows how nineteenth-century historians' keen understanding of the past and of historical methodology laid the foundations for historiography in the twentieth century. archives, including official documents, confidential reports, and personal letters. Den Boer makes use of statistical, biographical, and methodological analysis and demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of both minor historians and leading scholars, including Charles Seignobos and Charles-Victor Langlois.

Table of Contents:

	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Preface
Ch. 1	The Contours of French Historiography, 1820-1914	3
Ch. 2	Paying for History	50
Ch. 3	History at School	118
Ch. 4	History and Higher Education	175
Ch. 5	The Old Professors and the New	224
Ch. 6	Changes in Professional Writing	309
	Conclusion	358
	Appendixes	367
	Notes	387
	Sources and Bibliography	437
	Name Index	463

Subject Area:

• European History

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