Essays on Walter Prescott Webb and the Teaching of History |
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| Author:
| Barzun, Jacques
Reinhartz, Dennis
Maizlish, Stephen E. |
| Series title: | Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas a&M University Press Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89096-234-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1985 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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Walter Prescott Webb's contributions to the study of history, detailing the direction historical studies have taken since Webb wrote. Webb's historiography and its relationship to classroom instruction is the subject of the second essay, by Elliott West. An appreciation of Webb and a sense of his teaching style are offered by Anne M. Butler and Richard A. Baker, while Dennis Reinhartz discusses the use of maps in the classroom, a practice to which Webb was committed. In a...
More DescriptionWalter Prescott Webb's contributions to the study of history, detailing the direction historical studies have taken since Webb wrote. Webb's historiography and its relationship to classroom instruction is the subject of the second essay, by Elliott West. An appreciation of Webb and a sense of his teaching style are offered by Anne M. Butler and Richard A. Baker, while Dennis Reinhartz discusses the use of maps in the classroom, a practice to which Webb was committed. In a postscript, Llerena Friend writes a personal tribute to her mentor and colleague.