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History and Political Science: Together Again?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2009

Julian E. Zelizer
Julian E. Zelizer
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State University of New York at Albany
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There was a period in America when the political science and history disciplines were not that far apart. Both approaches to analyzing civil society had evolved out of an old Anglo-American tradition where these two subjects, along with philosophy and literature, were all considered in relationship to one another. During the formative years of the American research university, which took place at the turn of the twentieth century, both disciplines shared common founding fathers. A classic example was Charles Beard, whose influence spanned both areas of scholarship. Indeed, it was a breakaway faction of the American Historical Association that formed the American Political Science Association.

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Roundtable: State-of-the-Field: American Political History
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 126 - 136
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Copyright © The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 2004

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