Overview
- Examines the many myths and legends about who ‘really’ discovered America
- Connects the history of American origins to contemporary political debates
- Makes use of archival sources to examine the relationship between professional scholars and amateur investigators
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Along with recent scholarship, this book makes extensive use of archival materials—some of which have never been employed before. It covers the period from the sixteenth century to the present. It brings together separate historiographic ideas to create a unified history rather than focusing on one particular legend as most books on the subject do. It shows how questions of who discovered America helped create the field of historical scholarship in this country. This book does not attempt to prove who discovered America, rather it tells the story of those who think they did.
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Book Title: The Battle over America's Origin Story
Book Subtitle: Legends, Amateurs, and Professional Historiographers
Authors: Brian Regal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99538-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99537-9Published: 07 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99540-9Published: 08 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99538-6Published: 06 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 325
Topics: History of the Americas, Historiography and Method, History, general, Cultural History