Progressive Historians 
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4/30/2023
Can We Learn from Previous Generations of Historians Negotiating Between Past and Present?
by Bruce W. Dearstyne
A leading historian shook up the field with his insistence that historians engage with public concerns and research topics that shed light on the most pressing issues of contemporary society. The year was 1911.
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