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Article: Rethinking Good History.(Historical Society to save study of history)(Brief Article)
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- Insight on the News
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- January 10, 2000
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Political correctness has poisoned the study of history, but a new professional organization dedicated to eliminating intellectual and ideological fluff Is coming to the rescue.
In the latter half of the 20th century, history itself fell into disrepute. Like so many academic disciplines, history at American universities suffered considerably in quality. But there is a revival, and in the 21st century history once again may be about what really happened rather than being obsessed, ever increasingly, with issues of race, gender and class. This was the unholy trinity of concerns inherited from New Left politics -- to the exclusion of most everything else.
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