consensus historians

Historiography Consensus Historians The consensus view of History emerged in the United States in 1950 until it's eventual dismiss in 1965. Consensus historians emerged in a time period when there were not many consensuses in the United States (Novick pg.333). The historians of the era knew of the turmoil and felt that they needed to focus their attention on what united America and not what brought the country down. At this time there were three influential writers …

…common and that was to ease the pain and fear in the people of the United States and give them their hopes and dreams back. Work Citied Kraus, Michael & Joyce, Davis. The Writing of American History. University of Oklahoma press, New York: 1985. Novick, Peter. That Noble Dream. Cambridge University Press, New York: 1988. Potter, David. History and American Society. Oxford University Press, New York: 1973. Sternsher, Bernard. Consensus, Conflict, and American historians. Indiana University Press, Bloomington & London: 1975.