THE PLAIN AND NOBLE GARB OF TRUTH; Nationalism & impartiality in American historical writing, 1784-1860
first edition
2008 · Athens GA
by CHENG, Eileen Ka-May
Athens GA: University of Georgia, 2008. First printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 368. Notes, bibliography, index. Blue cloth. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. A challenge to the idea that America's first generations of historians were romantics or propagandists for a struggling young nation. (Inventory #: 49380)