Commentary: The statistics are in for history as a profession, and they are dire.
An outdated American history textbook at a school in Colorado in 2019.
,” the association said, “and while the decline became a bit more gradual before the pandemic , it has continued to slip.” Clearly, the problem is bigger than merely the flawed institutional responses to the pandemic.In the last decade, history as a profession in the United States has accelerated its transformation into a home for activism more than a faithful relating of human experience through written narratives. Moreover, it’s been given over to a deeply problematic iconoclasm.
The 1960s, in particular, saw a significant change in priorities for history professionals, and much of what was traditional “was therefore swept by new approaches that emphasized cultural, social, and gender history, and that paid greater attention to the experiences of underrepresented and oppressed groups,” they say.
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