- Title : Pioneering History on Two Continents: An Autobiography
- Author : Bruce Pauley
- Rating : 4.85 (801 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-11-26
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 408 Pages
- Asin : 1612346960
- Language : English
It also examines the greater sweep of history through the author’s firsthand experiences as well as those of his ancestors who participated in these global currents through their migration from Germany to the steppes of Russia to the Great Plains of the United States.. An award-winning historian of anti-Semitism, Nazism
It also examines the greater sweep of history through the author’s firsthand experiences as well as those of his ancestors who participated in these global currents through their migration from Germany to the steppes of Russia to the Great Plains of the United States.. An award-winning historian of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and totalitarianism Pauley helped shape historical interpretation from the 1970s to the ’90s both in the United States and Central Europe. Pioneering History on Two Continents provides an intimate look at the shifting approaches to the historian’s craft during a volatile period of world history, with an emphasis on twentieth-century Central European political, social, and diplomatic developments. Pauley draws on his family and personal history to tell a story that examines the lives of Volga Germans during the eighteenth century, the pioneering experiences of his family in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, and the dramatic transformations that influenced the history profession during the second half of the twentieth century. Bruce FFukagawa Hidetoshi and Mr. I purchased this book with the other one of George Vosselman in 2011. Good job, Dad.. Other readers will find topics such as marriage, family travel, and the importance of good friendships over time equally interesting and instructive. So, some questions:- What's the purpose or mission of an art museum?- Should all art museums be trying to serve the same purpose?- Could it be that the founder or owners or directors or curators should be allowed to determine the mission and orientation of the museum? Or, must they always consult with their visitors or members? And, if they should consult with their visitors, then is it true that "the customer is always right"?- Should an art museum attempt to *educate* me about art, especially the art in that museum? Or, is it enough for it to merely make the works or art available so that I can experience them.Read Whitaker's book carefully and, if you care about art,encouraged to think about these questions and many more.I wish that Whitaker had spent a bit more time on one of myfavorite questions, specifically whether a copy of a work of artcan be as useful or valuable as the original, and why or why not?Many works of art can only be copies"Pioneering History on Two Continents is as much an eye-opening portrayal of history's tides as it is about one family's determination to survive."—Midwest Book Review
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