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A Grander Grand Narrative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Roberta Wollons*
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of Massachusetts Boston

Extract

These essays by our thoughtful colleagues open a wide range of ideas to consider. I offer some comments on several categories that emerged from reading their essays, each of which leads us to a more complex and interconnected grand narrative for our field: access to evidence, transnational studies, local studies, biography, and autobiography.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by the History of Education Society 

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References

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