Jeremy Cameron Young—Why Historians Should Write Books Ordinary People Want to Read (History News Network)
july 2008 by stilist
Presents the argument that because academics lose social standing when they write for the masses, historical books are primarily written by those who take a less rigourous approach. Specialisation is evil, ignore peer pressure and inform the commoners, ra
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