The Truman Period As A Research Field; A Reappraisal, 1972
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [8], 246 pages. Footnotes. Commentaries. Appendices. Contributors. Index. DJ has wear, Tears, soiling and is price clipped. "The Truman Period As A Research Field: A Reappraisal, 1972 affords an examination of both viewpoints in the controversy in the form of essays by individual contributors. It offers, as well, thoughtful suggestions regarding areas of the period in need of further research, and suggests the impact that newly-available materials may have upon the controversy and upon styles in historiography." Richard S. Kirkendall is Professor of History at Indiana University and Executive Secretary of the Organization of American Historians. He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Gonzaga University in 1950, his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1953, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1958. The editor has written-- Two topics have dominated my scholarship: American agricultural history and the presidency of Harry S. Truman....I contributed to the development of Truman historiography in several ways. Most obviously, I published five books, beginning with The Truman Period as a Research Field (1967) and ending with Civil Liberties and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman (2013). I published many Truman articles, essays, and reviews, gave HST space in other books, most notably A History of Missouri 1919-1953 (1986, 2004), and worked with doctoral students who made important contributions to the literature of this field. I was for many years an active member of the Board of Directors of the Truman Library Institute and the chair of its research committee. More