The past decades public interest in history is booming. This creates new opportunities but also challenges for professional historians. This book asks how histo

From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence tha

The past decades public interest in history is booming. This creates new opportunities but also challenges for professional historians. This book asks how histo

Considers what aspiring and mature historians need to know about the discipline of history in the United States today.

From lagging book sales and shrinking job prospects to concerns over the discipline's "narrowness," myriad factors have been cited by historians as evidence tha