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Article: Historians as nationalists.(Editorial Perspectives/Perspectives de la redaction)
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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What kind of people become historians, and why do they choose this vocation? A majority of them have been interested in the history of their homeland states for a variety of reasons: a majority of American historians prefer to study US history while a majority of French historians prefer to study French history. Nationalism in the minds of historians is a potent influence. The minority who have opted to work elsewhere have migrated to such foreign fields for other reasons. The second group is more cosmopolitan than the first. But in each state those historians who opt to work in their own national field find that their governments often will reward them; the academic ...