TY - BOOK AU - Kraus,Michael TI - The writing of American history PY - 1953/// CY - Norman PB - University of Oklahoma Press KW - United States KW - Historiography N1 - With hardcover; To my Alma Mater, The City College; Index: pp. 377-387; Cont.: 1. Introduction -- 2. The first settlements -- 3. The era of colonialism -- 4. The growing national spirit: 1750-1800 -- 5. Gathering the records -awaiting the national historian -- 6. Patriots, romantics -and Hildreth -- 7. Francis Parkman -- 8. The rise of the "scientific school" -- 9. Henry Adams -- 10. The nationalist school -- 11. The imperial school of colonial history -- 12. The frontier and sectional historians -- 13. Biography -- 14. Contemporary trends ER -