Robert B. Townsend. History's Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States, 1880–1940. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 272 pp. Cloth $90.00.

Sarah M. Iler; Bruce A. Kimball

doi:10.1111/hoeq.12098

Robert B. Townsend. History's Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States, 1880–1940. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 272 pp. Cloth $90.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017

Sarah M. Iler and

Bruce A. Kimball

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Sarah M. Iler: Affiliation:
The Ohio State University
Bruce A. Kimball: Affiliation:
The Ohio State University

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Information: History of Education Quarterly , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , February 2015 , pp. 123 - 126

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Robert B. Townsend. History's Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States, 1880–1940. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 272 pp. Cloth $90.00.

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