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Ekirch Festschrift

Ekirch Festschrift


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About the Book

Thi. particular wort. is an edited collection of writings by fonner .rodents, colleagues, and bis mentor in honor of the late, noled American Intellectual historian Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. Ekirch, a pacifist during World War II, who served in Civilian Public Service Camp$, laler acbieved academi!: notoriety for his popular book, The Decline of American Liberalism. During his long and distinguished teaching career at American University and the University 81 Albany, Ekirch autho.red and edited tn1 books in the field of American bistory. A committed liberal and individualist, Ekircb was admired by his students for his encyclopedic knowledge and wit. The signific: ance orlhis collection of scholarly articles and reminiscences is that the topicS cover a wide range of information .involving the social ideas 011 civillibetties, people and ideas, and comparative history and ideas a well as brief reflections from fonner students and colleagues as wella. his mentor, Pultizer Prize wiruting historian, Merle Curti. Among the many students Ekirch taugbt and mentors were prizeo willl1ing historians such as alter Rundell, Fred Sornkin, Paul Scheips, and Donald R. McCoy. Also contributing to this special collection were th.e first African American archivist at the National Archives, fonner president of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and the former female vice president of Howard University. What makes this particular edition especially rewarding is a collection of previously unpublished letters Ekircb wrote to his tilvorite teacher. Merle Curti, covering Ibe years 1942 to 1968. l1lese letters reveal Ekirch 's personal concerns ahout the srate of individual freedum during the Second World War and during the McCarthy period as well as his academic commitment 10 scholarly publication. lbe editors have carefully selected. appropriate letters, which re.., .1 Ekirch's deep commitment to bis discipline and love of Ideas. Students wJShmg to learn more about Ekirch, the pacifist, and Ekirch the scholar including the rDle of history in prDmoting social and economic justice, will see how this book 'examines ious effDrts for chaning peDple's minds with respect to the status quo. Elcirch Fe$l$chrift is a valuable passageway into tbe daily life of a nOled historian and his impact on the discipline ilself


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781617354670
  • Publisher: Information Age Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Information Age Publishing
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Essays in Honor of a Historian of Ideas in American History
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1617354678
  • Publisher Date: 08 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 720 gr


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