"Recuerda el futuro": la escritura de la historia canadiense desde 1920: Parte Primera

• Autores: Marlene Shore
• Localización: Historia y grafía, ISSN 1405-0927, Nº. 11, 1998, págs. 89-122
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • "Remember the Future': The Canadian Historical Review and the discipline of history, 1920-25": Part One
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• Resumen

  • As the leading journal of Canadian history, The Canadian Historical Review has shaped and reflected dominant trends in Canadian historical writing since the 1920s. In recent years, the journal has been criticized by some for publishing too much political history, and by others for the overrepresentation of social history which, it is argued, has contributed to the sundering of Canada because the concern with localities, regions, class, and gender has failed to foster an understanding of the nation's past as a whole. In the first installment, this article demonstrates that divergent views about the writing of history have engaged the CHR since its inception. It was established in order to promote Canadian history, convey the proper methods and forms of historical schorship, especially objectivity, and to bridge French and English Canadian nationalist divisions. In the 1920s and 30s, when boundaries between disciplines were not rigid, the journal's offerings were very broad and included work in Native history and women's history. In the wake of World War II and the Cold War, however, the journal's focus narrowed: the biographical approach to history was elevated and economic and social interpretations disappeared. A more complex and pluralistic view of nationalism emerged but the CHR found the French/English Canadian divide growing ever wider.