History, Historians, and Autobiography Revisited

Jeremy D. Popkin

doi:10.1080/08989575.2017.1338028

History, Historians, and Autobiography Revisited

Jeremy D. Popkin

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By the last years of the twentieth century, autobiographical memoirs by professional historians had become relatively common, reflecting the aging of a generation whose lives had been shaped by the dramatic events of that era. Since 2000, however, such publications seem to have become less common. The changing nature of the historical profession may be one reason for this; another is the changing nature of life-writing itself.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	693-698
Number of pages	6
Journal	a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2017.1338028
State	Published - Sep 2 2017

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